The severity of kettle burns and the dangers of the dangling cord

Burns

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 453-458

  Holmes, W J M ^a   Keane, B ^b   Rode, H ^a  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn prevention; Inhalational injury; Kettle; Paediatric scald; Paediatric scalds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KETTLE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84858075833     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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