Journal article
Risk Factors for Fatal Residential Fires
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Residential fires are the most important cause of fire-related mortality in the United States. Previous research has concentrated on fatal fires in urban areas; considerably less is known about fatal fires in rural areas.
METHODS: We studied fatal and nonfatal residential fires in predominantly rural areas. Using a case-control design, we compared all 151 fatal fires (cases) in single-family dwellings in North Carolina during a …
Authors
Runyan CW; Bangdiwala SI; Linzer MA; Sacks JJ; Butts J
Journal
New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 327, No. 12, pp. 859–863
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Date
September 17, 1992
DOI
10.1056/nejm199209173271207
ISSN
0028-4793