Burns in Nepal: A population based national assessment

Burns

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1126-1132

  Gupta, S ^a   Mahmood, U ^b   Gurung, S ^c   Shrestha, S ^d   Kushner, A L ^e   Nwomeh, B C ^e,f   Charles, A G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^d NEPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

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

^f THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Global surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BURNS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LITERACY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931573390     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.11.012     Document Type: Article

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