Adapting adult scald safety standards to children

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 314-322

  Diller, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER; TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SCALD; SKIN INJURY; SKIN PROTECTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STANDARD; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMAL INJURY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADULT; BATHS; BURNS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; WATER;

EID: 33745664068     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000216473.50837.12     Document Type: Article

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