A small-area population analysis of socioeconomic status and incidence of severe burn/fire-related injury in British Columbia, Canada

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1133-1141

  Bell, Nathaniel J ^a   Schuurman, Nadine ^a   Morad Hameed, S ^b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burns; Canada; Rural; Socioeconomic status; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CANADA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIRE RELATED INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BURNS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350573486     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.04.028     Document Type: Article

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