title: [Epidemiologic study of 850 children with burns requiring hospitalization].
abstract: This study concerns 850 cases of burns in children. It showed the predominance of burns in boys between the ages of one and 3 years. Most domestic accidents (96.5%) were due to boiling water (55.9%), the second cause was burns due to a flame (11.7%). Most accidents arrived at meal times. The area of burnt skin was as follows:--in 222 cases, less than 5%;--in 365 cases, between 5 and ten percent;--in 152 cases, bwtween 10 and 25%;--in 111 cases, more than 25%.
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002056:Burns / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Etude épidémiologique de 850 brûlures d'enfants ayant entraîné une hospitalisation.