TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Burn injuries and adolescents in Israel
JO  - International journal of adolescent medicine and health
A1  - Morad, Mohammed
A1  - Hemmo-Lotem, Michal
A1  - Kandel, Isack
A1  - Hyam, Eytan
A1  - Merrick, Joav
SP  - 201
EP  - 205
VL  - 16
IS  - 3
N2  - Burn injury is a public health concern often associated with individual pain, emotional stress, prolonged hospitalizations, permanent disfigurement and family stress. In this paper we studied the avaliable data on burn injury among adolescents in Israel through a Medline search and found three relevant studies with data on this population. The incidence rate of burn injury was 0.46 per 1,000 children aged 5-14 years for Jews and 0.91 for Bedouin. Most of the burn injury in this age group was caused by hot liquids, followed by fire and chemical burns for both Jews and Bedouin, but electical burns occurred more often in Bedouins. Mortality was very low for the adolescent group. Prevention programs in schools since the 1980s have been found effective, but the public health focus should now be geared towards groups at risk.
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SN  - 0334-0139
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -