Burns in Sierra Leone: A population-based assessment

Burns

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1748-1753

  Wong, Evan G ^a,b,c   Groen, Reinou S ^c,d   Kamara, Thaim B ^e,f   Stewart, Kerry Ann ^g   Cassidy, Laura D ^h   Samai, Mohamed ^h   Kushner, Adam L ^b,c,i   Wren, Sherry M ^j  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

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

^c Surgeons OverSeas SOS   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Department of Surgery   (Sierra Leone)

^f Infectious Diseases Unit   (Sierra Leone)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

ⁱ Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BURN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIERRA LEONE; THERMAL INJURY; TRADITIONAL HEALER; BURNS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIERRA LEONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922059690     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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