Minimum fire alarm sound pressure level for elder care centres

Building and Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 125-133

  Wong, L T ^a   Leung, L K ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b The Salvation Army HKG/Macau Command ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ALARM SYSTEMS; BUILDINGS;

BUILDING OCCUPATIONS; SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS (SPLS);

FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS;

ALARM SIGNAL; BUILDING; ELDERLY CARE;

SAMBUCUS NIGRA CANADENSIS;

EID: 11144314126     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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