Legionnaires' disease is an important cause of community-acquired and hospital-acquired
pneumonia. Although uncommon, Legionnaires' disease continues to cause disease …

Background In industrialised countries injuries (including burns, poisoning or drowning) are
the leading cause of childhood death and steep social gradients exist in child injury mortality …

In the United States in 2009 there was a fire/burn death every 3 hours and a burn injury
occurred every half hour. 1 In 2007, the most recent year for which numbers and rates of …

Burns are responsible for significant mortality and morbidity worldwide and are among the
most devastating of all injuries, with outcomes spanning the spectrum from physical …

The objective of this paper is to highlight landmarks in burn prevention. Novel strategies in
the areas of law and regulation, environmental and consumer product design, and …

Legionella growth in healthcare building water systems can result in legionellosis, making
water management programs (WMPs) important for patient safety. However, knowledge is …

Subject matter experts systematically reviewed evidence on the effectiveness of housing
interventions that affect safety and injury outcomes, such as falls, fire-related injuries, burns …

A new American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air‐Conditioning Engineers
(ASHRAE) standard for control of Legionella (ASHRAE Standard 188, 2013) emphasizes …

Injury is the physical damage that results when a human body is suddenly subjected to
energy in amounts that exceed the threshold of physiologic tolerance [1]. Injury is a …

Injury is the physical damage that results when a human body is suddenly subjected to
energy in amounts that exceed the threshold of physiological tolerance [23]. Injury is public …