- Author
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Hall, J. R., Jr.
- Title
- Deaths and Injuries Due to Non-Fire Exposure to Gases.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Report
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NFPA USS54
March 2008
6 p.
- Keywords
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death
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injuries
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exposure
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carbon monoxide
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anoxia
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statistics
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databases
- Abstract
- In 2004, 629 people died of unintentional injuries due to non-fire exposure to gases (from NCHS death certificate database). Anoxia, which is injury involving oxygen deprivation, accounted for 33,500 hospital emergency room injuries in 2006.