The cool kids: A community effort to reduce scald burn risk in children

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-16

  Corrarino, Jane E ^a,b   Walsh, Pamela J ^b   Boyle, Mary Lou ^b   Anselmo, Donna ^c  

^a Suffolk County Department of Health Services   (United States)

^b Univ Hosp Med Ctr at Stony Brook ^*

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community networks; Health care coalitions; Injuries; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039252200     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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