A one-year prospective ed cohort of pediatric burns: A proposal for standardizing scald burns

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 80-84

  Yamamoto, Loren G ^a   Wiebe, Robert A ^a   Matthews, Wallace J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Child abuse; Emergency medical services; Scald burns

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCALD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HAWAII; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025822071     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199104000-00004     Document Type: Article

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