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Epidemiology of burns throughout the world. Part I: Distribution and risk factors
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The epidemiology and risk factors of burns injuries worldwide are reviewed and it is shown that in high-income countries, burns occur disproportionately to racial and ethnic minorities such that socioeconomic status--more than cultural or educational factors--account for most of the increased burn susceptibility.About:
This article is published in Burns.The article was published on 2011-11-01. It has received 760 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Poison control & Injury prevention.read more
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The injury fact book
TL;DR: This book includes detailed information on many of the factors surrounding injuries--the man-made systems and products involved, the groups at greatest risk, and effective ways to protect people from injuries.
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Advances in skin grafting and treatment of cutaneous wounds.
TL;DR: The classic paradigms of wound healing are reviewed and how recent discoveries have enriched understanding of this process are evaluated, with an emphasis on cell-based therapies and skin transplantation.
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Bioprinted Amniotic Fluid-Derived Stem Cells Accelerate Healing of Large Skin Wounds
Aleksander Skardal,David L. Mack,Edi Kapetanovic,Anthony Atala,John D. Jackson,James J. Yoo,Shay Soker +6 more
TL;DR: Bioprinting AFS cells could be an effective treatment for large‐scale wounds and burns, and shows that AFS cell‐conditioned media induced endothelial cell migration in vitro.
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Evaluation of hydrogels for bio-printing applications.
TL;DR: UV-crosslinked Extracel, a hyaluronic acid-based hydrogel, had many of the desired properties for the bioprinting application, and holds the potential to be further developed into fast and effective wound healing treatments.
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Recent trends in burn epidemiology worldwide: A systematic review
Christian Smolle,Janos Cambiaso-Daniel,Abigail A. Forbes,Paul Wurzer,Gabriel Hundeshagen,Ludwik K. Branski,Ludwik K. Branski,Ludwik K. Branski,Fredrik Huss,Lars-Peter Kamolz +9 more
TL;DR: There was a worldwide downwards trend of burn incidence, burn severity, length of hospital stay, and mortality rate, and these findings were particularly pronounced in very highly developed countries.
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Global burden of disease and risk factors
TL;DR: Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors examines the comparative importance of diseases, injuries, and risk factors; it incorporates a range of new data sources to develop consistent estimates of incidence, prevalence, severity and duration, and mortality for 136 major diseases and injuries.
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The burden of disease and injury in Australia
TL;DR: An overview of the results of the Australian Burden of Disease (ABD) study is presented in this paper, with the lessons learnt from the ABD study are discussed, together with methodological issues that require further attention.
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World Report on Child Injury Prevention
Margie Peden,Kayode Oyegbite,Joan Ozanne-Smith,Adnan A. Hyder,Christine Branche,Akm Fazlur Rahman,Frederick P. Rivara,Kidist Bartolomeos +7 more
TL;DR: The World report on child injury prevention with support from many experts has been published by the World Health Organization and UNICEF as mentioned in this paper, which documents the magnitude, risks and prevention measures for child injuries globally, particularly for drowning, burns, road traffic injuries, falls and poisoning.
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The injury fact book
TL;DR: This book includes detailed information on many of the factors surrounding injuries--the man-made systems and products involved, the groups at greatest risk, and effective ways to protect people from injuries.
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Differential premises arising from differential socialization of the sexes: some conjectures.
TL;DR: The sex-differentiated socialization emphases of parents and other representatives of societal institutions are considered as they influence the personality development and behavioral orientations of males and females to integrate the empirical findings surrounding gender differences in personality and socialization experience.