Scalding in Turkish children: Comparison of burns caused by hot water and hot milk

Burns

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 473-476

  Tarim, Akin ^a   Nursal, Tarik Zafer ^a   Basaran, Özgür ^a   Yildirim, Sedat ^a   Türk, Emin ^a   Moray, Gökhan ^a   Haberal, Mehmet ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hot milk burn; Scald burn

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HOT WATER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN PATIENT; CHEESEMAKING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; PATIENT CODING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCALD; SKIN SURFACE;

ANIMALS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MILK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY; WATER;

EID: 33748638388     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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