An assessment of burn injury hospitalisations of adolescents and young adults in Western Australia, 1983-2008

Burns

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 128-135

  Duke, J ^a   Wood, F ^b   Semmens, J ^a   Edgar, D W ^b   Spilsbury, K ^a   Rea, S ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Aetiology; Burn injury; Epidemiology; Hospitalisations; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURN; CHEMICAL BURN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ELECTRIC BURN; FEMALE; FIRE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SCALD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856014518     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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