TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Description of Missouri children who suffer burn injuries
JO  - Injury prevention
A1  - Quayle, Kimberly S.
A1  - Wick, NA
A1  - Gnauck, Katherine A.
A1  - Schootman, Mario
A1  - Jaffe, David M.
SP  - 255
EP  - 258
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This study uses Missouri's inpatient and outpatient E code data system to describe the demographic characteristics of Missouri children who suffered burn injuries during 1994 and 1995. METHODS: Retrospective review of Missouri E code data. RESULTS: Altogether 8,404 children aged 0-14 years were treated for burn injuries in Missouri hospitals during 1994 and 1995. The rate of burn injury in Missouri children was 339 per 100,000/year. African-American boys 0-4 years living in urban counties were at increased risk. In addition, African-American girls ages 0-4 years living in counties with a high poverty rate had raised burn injury rates. Burns from hot objects and scalds from hot liquids caused more than half of the burns. CONCLUSIONS: Hospital based E coding has proven an invaluable tool for the study of burns and will, no doubt, prove equally useful for other injuries.
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-8047
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -