Prevention-oriented epidemiology of burns in Ardabil Provincial Burn Centre, Iran

Epidemiological study of burn injury with special reference to its prevention- A Nine-year retrospective study from a tertiary care hospital of West Bengal, India

“…6 In preventing burn injuries, it is essential to know how they occur and which population groups, environments and heating appliances can be targeted for prevention work. 7 In the present study, 83% of the patients were females. This fi nding is similar to studies undertaken in various parts of India.…”

Burn related mortality in Greater Manchester: 11-year review of Regional Coronial Department Data

“…This is attributed not only to advancements in the organisation, delivery and practice of burn care but also targeted efforts to prevent injuries [8]. Despite this the epidemiology of burn injury remains poorly described and a review of the published literature contains many examples of ''epidemiological'' studies that usually describe the experience of single burn centres [36][37][38][39][40]. These descriptions have proved useful for highlighting certain patterns of injury that could be the target of prevention strategies but fall short of presenting the entirety of the problem in the context of an at-risk population.…”

A population-based study of the epidemiology of acute adult burns in Ecuador from 2005 to 2014

“…Data from several countries worldwide have shown that poverty and poor education are correlated with more severe burns [2,3]. Despite the fact that burn epidemiology has been described around the world, in South America, those reports are scarce and the data usually need to be extrapolated from other regions, including developed countries [2,[4][5][6][7][8][9].…”