A study of burn hospitalizations for children younger than 5 years of age: 1983-2008

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Duke, Janine ^a   Wood, Fiona ^b,c   Semmens, James ^a   Edgar, Dale W ^c   Spilsbury, Katrina ^a   Hendrie, Delia ^a   Rea, Suzanne ^b,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burns; Epidemiology; Etiology; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURN; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC BURN; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FLAME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCALD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; BURNS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIRES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79953315998     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3136     Document Type: Article

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