- Author
- Runyan, C. W. | Bangdiwala, S. I. | Linzer, M. A. | Sacks, J. J. | Butts, J.
- Title
- Risk Factors for Fatal Residential Fires.
- Coporate
- North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Chappel Hill
- Journal
- New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 324, No. 12, 859-863, 1992
- Keywords
- residential buildings | risk assessment | urban fires | smoke detectors | smoking | mobile homes | heating equipment | manufactured housing
- Abstract
- Residential fires are most likely to be caused by heating equipment or smoking materials. The risk of death is greatest in fires in mobile homes in those involving alcohol-imparied persons and in those in houses without smoke detectors.