Safety preparedness of urban community for New Year fireworks in Tehran

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 719-722

  Saadat, Soheil ^a,b   Naseripour, Masoud ^b   Rahimi, Boshra ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Burns; Charshanbe soori; Festival; Fires; Firework; Injury; Safety; Safety preparedness

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BURN; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRST AID; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; STANDARD; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLAST INJURIES; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349104670     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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