TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1986//
TI  - Northeastern ohio trauma study: burn injury
JO  - Journal of trauma
A1  - Fife, D.
A1  - Waltz, R. C.
A1  - Fratianne, R. B.
A1  - Barancik, J. I.
A1  - Chatterjee, B. F.
SP  - 844
EP  - 847
VL  - 26
IS  - 9
N2  - Burn injury cases were identified from a population-based sample of trauma visits to hospital emergency departments in northeastern Ohio during 1977. The 199 cases represented 2.4% of all trauma incidence visits by residents of the five-county study region. Ninety-five per cent of the burn cases were released from the emergency department directly after treatment. The annual incidence rate of emergency department-treated burns was 4.7 per 1,000 population. Incidence rates for males were twice those for females. The age groups with the highest annual incidence rates were those under 5 years of age and 25-34 years (seven and eight cases per 1,000 population, respectively). Most burns occurred at home or the workplace. The youngest employed age group sustained the highest rate of work-related burns. Hot or corrosive substances caused two thirds of all burns; fire and flames caused one fourth.
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SN  - 0022-5282
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -