Unintentional domestic burns in Iran: Analysis of 125,000 cases from a national register

Burns

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1304-1310

  Sadeghi Bazargani, Homayoun ^a   Mohammadi, Reza ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burns; Domestic injuries; Epidemiology; Home safety; Iran; Registry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; DISABLED PERSON; DISEASE REGISTRY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; VICTIM;

BURNS; DOMESTIC INJURIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOME SAFETY; IRAN; REGISTRY;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880942964     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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