Burns
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 666-669 , August 2007

Tap water scalds among seniors and the elderly: Socio-economics and implications for prevention

  • Nicole E. Alden

      Affiliations

    • William Randolph Hearst Burn Center, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 E 68th Street, L706, New York, NY 10021, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: +1 212 746 5881; fax: +1 212 746 8991.
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  • Palmer Q. Bessey

      Affiliations

    • William Randolph Hearst Burn Center, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 E 68th Street, L706, New York, NY 10021, USA
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  • Angela Rabbitts

      Affiliations

    • William Randolph Hearst Burn Center, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 E 68th Street, L706, New York, NY 10021, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: +1 212 746 5881; fax: +1 212 746 8991.
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  • Philip J. Hyden

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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  • Roger W. Yurt

      Affiliations

    • William Randolph Hearst Burn Center, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 E 68th Street, L706, New York, NY 10021, USA

,Accepted 3 October 2006.

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PII: S0305-4179(06)00318-4

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.10.003

Burns
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