Intentional and non-intentional burn related deaths: A comparative study of socio-demographic profile

Burns

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 265-270

  Kumar, Sachil ^a   Singh, Uma Shankar ^a   Verma, Anoop K ^a   Ali, Wahid ^a   Krishna, Akhilesh ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Burns; India; Intentional; Non intentional; Stressful life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BURN; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; ACCIDENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDIA; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940363615     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.06.006     Document Type: Article

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