Improved and standardized method for assessing years lived with disability after burns and its application to estimate the non-fatal burden of disease of burn injuries in Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands - Spronk I, Edgar DW, van Baar ME, Wood FM, Van Loey NEE, Middelkoop E, Renneberg B, Oster C, Orwelius L, Moi AL, Nieuwenhuis M, van der Vlies CH, Polinder S, Haagsma JA.

BACKGROUND: Burden of disease estimates are an important resource in public health. Currently, robust estimates are not available for the burn population. Our objectives are to adapt a refined methodology (INTEGRIS method) to burns and to apply this new IN...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news