Contact Palm Burns in Toddlers from Glass Enclosed Fireplaces

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-70

  Dunst, C M ^a   Scott, E C ^a   Kraatz, J J ^a   Anderson, P M ^a   Twomey, J A ^a   Peltier, George L ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL;

ADULT; BURN; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HAND PALM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OUTPATIENT; SKIN GRAFT; WOUND CARE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; BURNS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOSSIL FUELS; GLASS; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLINTS;

EID: 1642567288     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000105093.55037.63     Document Type: Conference Paper

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