Heightened risk of fire deaths among older African Americans and native Americans

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 406-413

  Bishai, David ^a   Lee, Sunmin ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BURN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRE AND FIRE RELATED PHENOMENA; FIRE INJURY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 77951521269     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500309     Document Type: Article

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