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Fatal Residential Fires: Who Dies and Who Survives?

Abstract

CONTEXT: The United States has one of the highest fire fatality rates in the developed world, and three quarters of these deaths are in residential fires. OBJECTIVE: To compare characteristics of those who die and those who survive in the same residential fire.

Authors

Marshall SW; Runyan CW; Bangdiwala SI; Linzer MA; Sacks JJ; Butts JD

Journal

JAMA, Vol. 279, No. 20, pp. 1633–1637

Publisher

American Medical Association (AMA)

Publication Date

May 27, 1998

DOI

10.1001/jama.279.20.1633

ISSN

0098-7484