Newspaper reports: A source of surveillance for burns among women in Pakistan

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 245-249

  Nasrullah, Muazzam ^a,b   Muazzam, Sana ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Cultural practices; Dowry; Gender; Pakistan; Stove; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWSPAPERS; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77952987366     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdp102     Document Type: Article

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