Infants under 1 year of age have a significant risk of burn injury

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 863-867

  Nguyen, Dai Q A ^a   Tobin, Sean ^a   Dickson, William A ^a   Potokar, Tom S ^a  

^a The Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burn injury; Epidemiology; Infants; Infants under 1 year old

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PIPELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; WALES;

EID: 47849122213     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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