The impact of a legislative intervention to reduce tap water scald burns in an urban community

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 805-810

  Leahy, Nicole E ^a   Hyden, Philip J ^b   Bessey, Palmer Q ^a   Rabbitts, Angela ^a   Freudenberg, Nicholas ^c   Yurt, Roger W ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

BURN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; REGISTRIES; TEMPERATURE; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 36048934607     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181599b3b     Document Type: Conference Paper

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