Radiator scald burns: a preventable hazard.
During the last 13 years 80 patients have been admitted to our department suffering from burns caused by a vehicle's radiator. Ten of them were deeply burned and had to be treated surgically. The preventive aspect of this injury is emphasized.
Benmeir
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel.
Rosenberg
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L
Sagi
A
A
Ben-Yakar
Y
Y
D000061:Accidents, Home; D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001336:Automobiles; D002056:Burns / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged