Preventing bath water scalds: A cost-effectiveness analysis of introducing bath thermostatic mixer valves in social housing

Injury Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 238-243

  Phillips, Ceri J ^a   Humphreys, Ioan ^a   Kendrick, Denise ^b   Stewart, Jane ^c   Hayes, Mike ^d   Nish, Lesley ^e   Stone, David ^f   Coupland, Carol ^b   Towner, Elizabeth ^g  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Nottinghamshire County Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d CHILD ACCIDENT PREVENTION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BATH; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEAT; HOME ACCIDENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SANITATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; BATHS; BURNS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PUBLIC SECTOR; SANITARY ENGINEERING; SCOTLAND; WATER;

EID: 79960839702     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2010.031393     Document Type: Article

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