Instant cup of soup: Design flaws increase risk of burns

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 476-481

  Greenhalgh, David G ^a,b,c   Bridges, Peggy ^a   Coombs, Elena ^a   Chapyak, Debbie ^a   Doyle, William ^a   O'Mara, Michael S ^a,b   Palmieri, Tina L ^a,b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; HEAT INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCALD; SKIN GRAFT;

EID: 33749438741     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000226021.78139.49     Document Type: Article

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