Preventing unintentional scald burns: Moving beyond tap water

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 799-804

  Lowell, Gina ^a   Quinlan, Kyran ^b   Gottlieb, Lawrence J ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Injury patterns; Injury prevention and control

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER; WATER;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COOKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE OVEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALD; ADOLESCENT; BURN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOME ACCIDENT; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WATER;

EID: 54049102428     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2979     Document Type: Article

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