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It is estimated that 2 million people are burned annually in the United States. Of them, over 130,000 are children under the age of 15. Although most of these burns are minor, approximately 3–5% of burn injuries are life threatening.
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Varon, J., Acosta, P. (2010). Environmental Disorders. In: Handbook of Critical and Intensive Care Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92851-7_5
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