Fire deaths in children in South Australia from 1989 to 1998

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 176-178

  Byard, Roger W ^a,b   Lipsett, J ^a   Gilbert, J ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood death; Fires

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRE; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034067860     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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