Optimizing smoke alarm signals: Testing the effectiveness of children’s smoke alarms for sleeping adults
Abstract Background Being asleep is an important risk factor for death during a residential fire; however, the high-frequency tone smoke alarms in many homes will not adequately awaken children who are old enough to self-rescue. In a series of previous studies, we identified smoke alarm signals that...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-10-01
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Series: | Injury Epidemiology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40621-020-00279-6 |