"Danger Trees" in Central Appalachian Forests of the United States: An Assessment of Their Frequency of Occurrence

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-85

  Egan, Andrew ^a   Alerich, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Rsrc Analyst Forest Inventory A   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Central Appalachian forests; Danger trees; Logging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008375232     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4375(98)00004-8     Document Type: Article

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