Burns sustained by hot bath and shower water

Burns

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-259

  Cerovac, Sonja ^a   Roberts, Anthony H N ^a  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic accidents; Prevention; Scalds

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RESUSCITATION; SCALD; SKIN SURGERY; TRUNK;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BATHS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033976546     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(99)00127-8     Document Type: Article

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