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Burns

Volume 12, Issue 4, April 1986, Pages 250-253
Burns

Scientific and clinical paper
Epidemiology of scalds in small children

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Abstract

The epidemiology of scalds to children aged 0–5 years is reviewed. More than two-thirds were below 2 years of age. Most accidents took place in the dining/living room and most were caused by coffee. Awareness by the parents may reduce the number of scalds.

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