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It has been previously established that the incidence of burn is higher in lower socioeconomic (SES) groups. What is not clear, however, is whether or not the severity of burn is also higher in lower SES groups. The purpose of this study is to establish a relationship between household-level socioeconomic status (SES) and severity-based incidence of burn.A burn injury database was generated from the...
Objective Some epidemiological literature has observed that air pollution effects on health differed across regional or individual socioeconomic position. This study evaluated whether regional and individual socioeconomic position, as indicated by health insurance premiums, modified the effect of air pollution on hospital visits for asthma. Methods Effects of ambient air pollutants (particulate...
This study was designed to investigate the epidemiologic characteristics of death from burn injury in Korea. We recoded the death certificate database from 1991 to 2001 inclusive based on the short version of the International Classification of External Causes of Injuries (ICECI). Using variables such as sex, marital status, educational level, location of residence (metropolitan versus provincial),...
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