Evacuation behaviours of occupants with learning difficulties in residential homes

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-48

  Shields, T J ^a   Smyth, B ^a   Boyce, K E ^a   Silcock, G W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; FIRE PROTECTION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0032927534     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096382899298089     Document Type: Article

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