An evaluation of the impact of exemptions to the children's sleepwear flammability standards on burn injuries to children

Fire and Materials

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 71-81

  Adair, Patricia K ^a   Rodgers, Gregory B ^a  

^a US Consumer Product Safety Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

burn injury; children's sleepwear; flammability standards; regulation

Indexed keywords

BURN INJURY; CHILDREN'S SLEEPWEAR; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION; FLAMMABILITY STANDARDS; LEVEL OF SAFETIES; REGULATION;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; FLAMMABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; HOSPITALS;

STANDARDS;

EID: 79951619441     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.1037     Document Type: Article

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