Pediatric soup scald burn injury: Etiology and prevention

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-118

  Palmieri, Tina L ^a   Alderson, Tyrone S ^a   Ison, Dahlia ^a   O'Mara, Michael S ^a   Sharma, Raj ^a   Bubba, Anthony ^a   Coombs, Elena ^a   Greenhalgh, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURN; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PACKAGING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCALD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEAT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38049023060     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31816017d7     Document Type: Article

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