Scald burns in young children- A review of arizona burn center pediatric patients and a proposal for prevention in the hispanic community

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 595-605

  Rimmer, Ruth B ^b   Weigand, Shannon ^a   Foster, Kevin N ^a   Wadsworth, Michelle M ^a   Jacober, Katie ^a   Matthews, Marc R ^a   Drachman, David ^a   Caruso, Daniel M ^a  

^a Arizona Burn Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN PATIENT; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC BURN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALD; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURN; COOKING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HOME ACCIDENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY SCALE; NEWBORN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ARIZONA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKERY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 56149118720     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31817db8a4     Document Type: Article

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