The management of aircraft passenger survival in fire

Toxicology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 41-61

  Trimble, E J ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breathable gas (oxygen) hoods; Challenge combustion atmospheres; Filter oxygen mask; Hopcalite filters; Lung simulators; PPBE tests

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FILTER; FIRE; LAW; MASK; MATERIALS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SIMULATOR; SMOKE; SURVIVAL TIME; TEMPERATURE;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; FILTRATION; FIRES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030608437     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(96)03494-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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