Non-awakening in children in response to a smoke detector alarm

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 369-376

  Bruck, Dorothy ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DATA REDUCTION; PEDIATRICS; SMOKE DETECTORS;

CLEARHEADEDNESS; SLEEPINESS;

FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033149369     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-7112(98)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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