Strategies to increase smoke alarm use in high-risk households

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 375-385

  Harvey, Pauline A ^a   Aitken, Mary ^b   Ryan, George W ^a   Demeter, Lori A ^c   Givens, Jeanne ^d   Sundararaman, Ramya ^e   Goulette, Scott ^f  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Ctr for Preventive Health Services   (United States)

^d N Carolina Dept Hlth Hum Serv   (United States)

^e EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^f Maine Immunization Program   (United States)

Author keywords

burns; fires; injury; smoke alarms

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FIRE PROTECTION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SMOKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FIRES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SMOKE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4444277842     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOHE.0000038653.59255.57     Document Type: Article

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