Can child fatalities in house fires be prevented?

Injury Prevention

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-113

  Squires, Tim ^a   Busuttil, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child fatalities; Fire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG BURN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BURNS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY;

EID: 0030154735     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2.2.109     Document Type: Article

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