Comic books can educate children about burn safety in developing countries

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Sinha, Indranil ^a   Patel, Anup ^b   Kim, Francis Sun ^a   MacCorkle, Mary Lu ^c   Watkins, James Frease ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c West Virginia Department of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BOOK; BURN; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; COMIC BOOK; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

BURNS; CARTOONS AS TOPIC; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; READING; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 79960848202     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3182223c6f     Document Type: Article

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