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- Title
Preventing Tap Water Burns.
- Authors
Baptiste, Mark S.; Feck, Gerald
- Abstract
Abstract: Based on a 1974-1975 survey of hospital records in upstate New York, we estimate that 347 tap water burns will require inpatient treatment annually with children and the elderly at increased risk. The number and severity of burns from lap water makes them an important prevention priority. Reducing the temperature of household hot water supplies could be a practical and effective prevention measure.
- Subjects
BURNS &; scalds in children; PREVENTION of injury; PREVENTION of injuries in older people; CHILDREN'S injuries; HOT water; PUBLIC health; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of water temperature; PREVENTIVE medicine; HEALTH risk assessment; PREVENTION; SAFETY
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1980, Vol 70, Issue 7, p727
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.70.7.727