Epidemiology of paediatric burn injuries in Hamadan, Iran

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1147-1151

  Torabian, Saadat ^a   Saba, Mohammad Sadegh ^a  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Burn; Children; Epidemiology; Iran

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD BURN; CHILDHOOD INJURY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIRE; FOOD PROCESSING; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SCALD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 70350574092     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.06.194     Document Type: Article

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