Epidemiology of burns throughout the world. Part I: Distribution and risk factors

Burns

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1087-1100

  Peck, Michael D ^a,b,c  

^a MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AGE; BURN; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDEMIC; ETHNICITY; FATALITY; FIRE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052969407     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.06.005     Document Type: Review

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