Use and misuse of smoke detectors in residential areas

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART 2, 1996, Pages 1211-1222

  Giffen, William J ^a   Haro, Elizabet ^a   Lehto, Mark R ^a   Papastavrou, Jason D ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

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EID: 0008210085     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.82.3c.1211     Document Type: Article

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