Severe burns resulting from an exploding teat on a bottle of infant formula milk heated in a microwave oven

Burns

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 268-269

  Dixon, Jenni J ^a,c   Burd, D A R ^b   Roberts, D G V ^a  

^a Department of Community Paediatrics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottle; Burn, microwave; Infant; Milk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BURN; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEEDING APPARATUS; FINGER; HAND AMPUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROWAVE OVEN; NEWBORN; SHOULDER; SKIN GRAFT; THUMB;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ANIMALS; BURNS; EXPLOSIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEATING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT FOOD; MALE; MICROWAVES; MILK;

EID: 0030842878     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(96)00127-1     Document Type: Article

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