Socio-economic and clinical factors predictive of paediatric quality of life post burn

Burns

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 572-579

  Weedon, M ^a,b,c   Potterton, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Te Atatu Peninsula   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clinical factors; Paediatric burns; Quality of life; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOUSEHOLD ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STATUS INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79955050394     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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