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... > demography > vital statistics > mortality > cause of death > spontaneous combustion

... > demography > vital statistics > mortality > cause of death > spontaneous combustion

... > demography > vital statistics > mortality > cause of death > spontaneous combustion

... > data collection > vital statistics > mortality > cause of death > spontaneous combustion

Preferred term

spontaneous combustion

Definition

Spontaneous combustion occurs when an object self-ignites. The cause may be chemical, as when lithium oxidizes explosively in water, or biological, as when a haystack catches fire due to heat generated from bacterial fermentation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Spontaneous Combustion]

Broader concept

cause of death

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concepts

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/spontaneous_combustion

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