A persistent fire Hazard for older adults: Cooking-related clothing ignition

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1283-1285

  Ryan, Colleen M ^a   Thorpe, William ^a   Mullin, Patricia ^a   Roberts, Wendy ^a   Tompkins, Denise ^a   Kelleher, Patricia ^a   Sheridan, Robert ^a   Tompkins, Ronald ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BURN; CLOTHING; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; FIRE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CLOTHING; COOKERY; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031252380     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb03792.x     Document Type: Letter

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