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Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the incidence and cause of burns in
children of our population.
Methods: This was a retrospective study that included 399 patients with burns, younger than
15 years old who were admitted to the Department of Plastic Surgery, University Clinical
Center of Kosovo, between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2010. The patients were
categorized into the following three age groups: infants and toddlers (0–2 years), early
childhood (3–6 years), and late childhood (7–15 years). Arithmetic median and standard
deviation were calculated from statistical parameters for gender and age; the differences
between the three age groups were measured with one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). A
p value of