Unintentional Carbon Monoxide—Related Deaths in the United States, 1979 Through 1988

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 266, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 659-663

  Cobb, Nathaniel ^a   Etzel, Ruth A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 12244270505     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1991.03470050059023     Document Type: Article

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