- Author
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Birky, M. M.
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Halpin, B. M.
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Captan, Y. H.
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Fisher, R. S.
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McAllister, J. M.
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Dixon, A. M.
- Title
- Fire Fatality Study.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD
Office of the Medical Examiner, State of Maryland
Maryland State Medical Examiner
National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
- Journal
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Fire and Materials,
Vol. 3,
No. 4,
211-217,
December 1979
- Book or Conf
- Interflam '79. International Conference on Flammability. Conference workbook. Organised Jointly by 'Fire and Materials' and LIRA. March 27-29, 1979,
Guildford, England,
59-60 p.,
1979
- Keywords
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fire fatalities
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carboxyhemoglobin
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burners
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carbon monoxide
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autopsy
- Identifiers
- cardiovascular disease
- Abstract
- Over a six-year period, 530 fire fatalities resulting from 398 fires were studied in the State of Maryland. The study had two major objective: (1) to determine the specific cause of death by a detalied autopsy study of fire victims, and (2) to determine the specific cause of fatality-producing fire by an on the scene fire investigation.