Fatal residential fires: Who dies and who survives?

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 1633-1637

  Marshall, Stephen W ^a,b   Runyan, Carol W ^a,b   Bangdiwala, Shrikant I ^a,b   Linzer, Mary A ^a   Sacks, Jeffrey J ^d   Butts, John D ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^e N Carolina Off Chf Med Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FATALITY; FIRE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032572046     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.20.1633     Document Type: Article

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