Smoke Alarms by Type and Battery Life in Rural Households. A Randomized Controlled Trial

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-24

  Yang, Jingzhen ^a   Peek Asa, Corinne ^a   Jones, Michael P ^a   Nordstrom, David L ^b   Taylor, Craig ^a   Young, Tracy L ^a   Zwerling, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LITHIUM; ZINC;

ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; INVESTMENT; MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; RURAL AREA; SMOKE ALARM;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIRES; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY;

EID: 44649157000     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.03.020     Document Type: Article

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