Paediatric electrical burn: Outlet injury caused by steel chopstick misuse

Burns

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 244-247

  Lee, Jong Wook ^a   Jang, Young Chul ^a   Oh, Suk Joon ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Paediatric electrical burn; Steel chopstick

Indexed keywords

STEEL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; WOUND;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KOREA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STEEL;

EID: 1842634449     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2003.10.012     Document Type: Article

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