• Title of article

    Boiling wax burn in mid-autumn festival in Hong Kong

  • Author/Authors

    Eric S. Y. Chan، نويسنده , , Edmund C. K. Chan، نويسنده , , D. W. S. Ho ، نويسنده , , Walter W. K. King، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1997
  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    629
  • To page
    630
  • Abstract
    An unusual cause of burn, contact with boiling wax by children and adolescents during the annual mid-autumn festival in Hong Kong is presented. 57 patients who suffered from hot wax burn over the period 1986–1996 were admitted to the Burns Unit of the Prince of Wales Hospital. This special burn should be preventable by public education.
  • Journal title
    Burns
  • Serial Year
    1997
  • Journal title
    Burns
  • Record number

    469713