Risk Factors for Fatal Residential Fires
- 17 September 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 327 (12), 859-863
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199209173271207
Abstract
Residential fires are the most important cause of fire-related mortality in the United States. Previous research has concentrated on fatal fires in urban areas; considerably less is known about fatal fires in rural areas.Keywords
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