Burns
Volume 34, Issue 8 , Pages 1072-1081 , December 2008

A systematic review of the features that indicate intentional scalds in children

  • S. Maguire

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Health, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 2920744782.
    • ,
  • S. Moynihan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Health, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • M. Mann

      Affiliations

    • Information Specialist, Support Unit for Research Evidence, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • T. Potokar

      Affiliations

    • Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • A.M. Kemp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Health, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

,Accepted 18 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.02.011

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