House fire injury prevention update. Part I. A review of risk factors for fatal and non-fatal house fire injury

Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-150

  Warda, Lynne ^a   Tenenbein, Milton ^a   Moffatt, Michael E K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fire prevention; Residential fires; Smoke detectors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FIRE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033146538     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.5.2.145     Document Type: Review

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