Childhood illness as an aetiological factor in burns.
A prospective study of 208 children has shown that a significant number of them have an illness before suffering a thermal injury. The authors suggest that an unwell child is more likely to suffer a burn, and that first aid programmes should stress to parents to be even more careful when their child is unwell.
Wilson
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Burns Unit, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK.
Buckland
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Sully
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D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000517:prevention & control; D000339:Affect; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012803:Sick Role