Fire fatalities in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1307-1311

  McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b,c,d   Chapman, Victoria ^a   Curtis, Jonathan ^a   Rousculp, Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Aged; Alabama; Epidemiology; Fires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIRE; FIRE PROTECTION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; NEGRO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345634221     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb07430.x     Document Type: Article

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