When one is not enough: Prevalence and characteristics of homes not adequately protected by smoke alarms

Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 364-368

  Peek Asa, C ^a,b   Allareddy, V ^b   Yang, J ^b   Taylor, C ^b   Lundell, J ^b   Zwerling, C ^b  

^a Injury Prevention Research Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIRE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIRES; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; IOWA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 29244484248     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.009175     Document Type: Article

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