Study of the effectiveness of the US safety standard for child resistant cigarette lighters

Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 192-196

  Smith, Linda E ^a   Greene, M A ^a   Singh, H A ^a  

^a US Consumer Product Safety Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; FIRE; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SMOKING; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FIRES; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036717472     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.8.3.192     Document Type: Article

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