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Central heating devices cause childhood injuries but rarely burns: a study in Greece

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  1. Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Athens University Medical School, 75 M. Asias Street, Goudi, T.K. 115 27, Athens, Greece

    Eleni Petridou & Delia Alexe

  2. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, USA

    Eleni Petridou

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Petridou, E., Alexe, D. & Trichopoulos, D. Central heating devices cause childhood injuries but rarely burns: a study in Greece. Eur J Pediatr 161, 347–349 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-002-0951-7

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