Evaluation of three smoke detector promotion programs

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-171

  Shults, Ruth A ^a   Sacks, Jeffrey J ^a   Briske, Laurel A ^b   Dickey, Pamela H ^c   Kinde, Mark R ^b   Mallonee, Sue ^d   Reddish Douglas, Malinda ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b Public Health Laboratory Division   (United States)

^c Employment Secty Commn N Carolina   (United States)

^d Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Accident prevention; Burns; Fires; Home; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; FIRE; FIRE PROTECTION; SMOKE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, HOME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FIRES; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; NORTH CAROLINA; OKLAHOMA; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 0031687256     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(98)00071-3     Document Type: Article

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