The trend of burn mortality in Iran — A study of fire, heat and hot substance-related fatal injuries from 1990 to 2015

Burn injuries are a universal health problem and an important cause of death with nearly 180,000 deaths each year. The greatest burden is in low- and middle-income countries [1] where more than 95% of all burn deaths occur [2].

Source: Burns : Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries - September 28, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Authors: Farideh Sadeghian, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Soheil Saadat, Parastoo Niloofar, Nazila Rezaei, Mohammad Hosein Amirzade-Iranaq, Parinaz Mehdipour, Ali Abbaszadeh Kasbi, Zahra Ghodsi, Anita Mansouri, Mahdi Sharif-Alhosseini, Seyed Behzad Jazayeri, Armin Aryan Source Type: research