Burns
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 164-175 , March 2010

Burn prevention programs for children in developing countries require urgent attention: A targeted literature review

  • Asha Parbhoo

      Affiliations

    • Red Cross Hospital, Physiotherapy, Klipfontein Road, Cape Town, South Africa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +27 769963990.
    • ,
  • Q.A. Louw

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, PO Box 19063, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa
    • Tel.: +27 0219389301; fax: +27 0219311252.
    • ,
  • K. Grimmer-Somers

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, City East Campus, North Terrace, Adelaide 5001, Australia

,Accepted 15 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.06.215

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Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 164-175 , March 2010

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