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Author
Kuklinski, D. M. | Berger, L. R. | Weaver, J. R.
Title
Smoke Detector Nuisance Alarms: A Field Study in a Native American Community.
Coporate
Public Health Service, Kingman, AZ Lovelace Institutes, Albuquerque, NM Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service, SK
Journal
NFPA Journal, Vol. 90, No. 5, 65-72, September/October 1996
Keywords
smoke detectors | fire statistics | surveys | ionization detectors | fans
Identifiers
characteristics of surveyed homes with smoke detectors (N=80); smoke detector characteristics of 112 detectors in 80 households; nuisance alarms among 109 ionization detectors in 80 households; ionization smoke detector location and household fans as factors in nuisance alarms