Cooking-related pediatric burns: Risk factors and the role of differential cooling rates among commonly implicated substances

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 593-598

  Dissanaike, Sharmila ^a   Boshart, Kimberly ^a   Coleman, Alan ^a   Wishnew, Jenna ^a   Hester, Cynthia ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CHILD; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; COOLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PELVIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCALD; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER; THORAX; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HOME ACCIDENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; BURNS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW MEXICO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 69249214269     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181ac02c8     Document Type: Article

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