Fire alarm in a public building: How do people evaluate information and choose an evacuation exit?

Fire and Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 311-315

  Benthorn, Lars ^a   Frantzich, Håkan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BUILDINGS; FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

BUILDING FIRE EXITS; FIRE EVACUATION; PUBLIC BUILDINGS;

FIRES;

EID: 0033299865     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(199911/12)23:6<311::AID-FAM704>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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