Preventing deaths and injuries from house fires: a cost–benefit analysis of a community-based smoke alarm installation programme

Merissa A Yellman; Cora Peterson; Mary A McCoy; Shelli Stephens-Stidham; Emily Caton; Jeffrey J Barnard; Ted O Padgett; Curtis Florence; Gregory R Istre

doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042247

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Preventing deaths and injuries from house fires: a cost–benefit analysis of a community-based smoke alarm installation programme

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Merissa A Yellman Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Cora Peterson National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mary A McCoy Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Shelli Stephens-Stidham Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Emily Caton Dallas Fire Rescue Department, Inspection and Life Safety Education Division, Dallas, Texas, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jeffrey J Barnard The Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences, Office of the Medical Examiner, Dallas, Texas, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ted O Padgett Dallas Fire Rescue Department, Inspection and Life Safety Education Division, Dallas, Texas, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Curtis Florence National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gregory R Istre Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Cora Peterson, CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Mailstop F-62, 4770 Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA; cora.peterson{at}cdc.hhs.gov

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Yellman MA, Peterson C, McCoy MA, et al

Preventing deaths and injuries from house fires: a cost–benefit analysis of a community-based smoke alarm installation programme

Injury Prevention 2018;24:12-18.

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Received October 17, 2016
Revised December 14, 2016
Accepted January 18, 2017
First published February 9, 2017.

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February 24, 2018

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