Epidemiologic investigation of burns in the elderly in Sichuan Province

Burns

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 389-394

  Liu, Yong ^a   Chen, Jun Jie ^a   Crook, Nicolas ^a   Yu, Rong ^a   Xu, Xue Wen ^a   Cen, Ying ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Burn prevention; Elderly burns; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHEMICAL BURN; ELECTRIC BURN; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SCALD; TOTAL BODY SURFACE AREA; URBAN AREA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84875223623     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2012.04.012     Document Type: Review

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