Residential carbon monoxide detector failure rates in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Ryan, Timothy J ^a   Arnold, Katherine J ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; EQUIPMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052985367     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300274     Document Type: Article

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