- Author
- Birky, M. M. | Halpin, B. M. | Captan, Y. H. | Fisher, R. S. | McAllister, J. M. | 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
- 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
- fire fatalities | carboxyhemoglobin | burners | carbon monoxide | 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.