Injuries associated with housing conditions in Europe: A burden of disease study based on 2004 injury data

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Keall, Michael D ^a   Ormandy, David ^b   Baker, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attributable risk; Europe; housing injury hazards; Injury burden

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HOUSING CONDITIONS; INJURY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKE; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FURNITURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ACCIDENT; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOME SAFETY; HOUSE WINDOW GUARD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE DETECTION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURN; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FALLING; FIRE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EUROPE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EUROPE; FIRES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84855644151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-98     Document Type: Article

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