Influence of race and neighborhood on the risk for and outcomes of burns in the elderly in North Carolina

Burns

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 762-769

  Hendrix, Laura ^a   Charles, Anthony ^a   Buchholz, Valorie ^a   Jones, Samuel ^a   Cairns, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns in the elderly; Multilevel modeling of burn risk; Race and burn; Socioeconomic status and burn

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; RACE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960420670     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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