'Sabbath' electric plate burn: a ritual hazard.
This report describes the burns caused by an electric hot plate which is used by orthodox Jews for keeping food and liquids warm during the Sabbath (Saturday). An illustrative case is presented and the preventable aspects of this particular burn are discussed.
Benmeir
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel.
Sagi
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A
Rosenberg
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L
Picard
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E
Ben Yakar
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Y
D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007585:Jews; D008297:Male