Into hot water head first: Distribution of intentional and unintentional immersion burns

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 302-310

  Daria, Sonya ^a   Sugar, Naomi F ^a   Feldman, Kenneth W ^a,e   Boos, Stephen C ^b   Benton, Scott A ^c   Ornstein, Amy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Face burns; Immersion burns; Scald burns

Indexed keywords

BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCALD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; THERMAL EXPOSURE; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 2442609492     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000125658.05196.b1     Document Type: Review

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