Indoor atmosphere hazard identification in person entry urban utility tunnels

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 426-434

  Curiel Esparza, Jorge ^a   Canto Perello, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Indoor atmosphere; Utility tunnel; Workplace safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRENCHING; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES; URBAN PLANNING;

INDOOR ATMOSPHERE HAZARDS; NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES; OPERATIONAL RISKS; UTILITY TUNNELS;

TUNNELS;

TUNNEL;

EID: 20844441471     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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