Assessing the Exit Sign Legibility for Building Occupants

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-161

  Wong, L T ^a   Kwan, C M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Exit sign; Legibility; Logistic regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 20844454415     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/asre.2005.4819     Document Type: Article

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