Fire fighter fatalities 1998-2001: Overview with an emphasis on structure related traumatic fatalities

Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 222-226

  Hodous, T K ^a   Pizatella, T J ^a   Braddee, R ^a   Castillo, D N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; FATALITY; FIRE FIGHTER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ASPHYXIA; BURNS; EMERGENCIES; FIRES; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 4444281004     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2004.005348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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