Home oxygen and domestic fires

Breathe

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-12

  Cooper, Brendan G ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BURN; DOMESTIC FIRE; FATALITY; FIRE; FIRE PROTECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LUNG INJURY; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925042551     PISSN: 18106838     EISSN: 20734735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/20734735.000815     Document Type: Article

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