Epidemiology of fatal burns in rural South Africa: A mortuary register-based study from Mpumalanga Province

Burns

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1394-1402

  Blom, Lisa ^a   Van Niekerk, Ashley ^b   Laflamme, Lucie ^a,b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Childhood injury; Home safety; Homi; Injury death; Intentional injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80855138031     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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