Performance in smoke of wayguidance systems

Fire and Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 375-381

  Heskestad, Atle William ^a  

^a PO Box 6875 Rodelokka   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION THEORY; EMERGENCY LIGHTING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SMOKE;

WAYGUIDANCE SYSTEMS;

FIRES;

EID: 0033298165     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(199911/12)23:6<375::AID-FAM714>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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