The expertise and the practice of loss prevention in the Indian process industry some pointers for the third world

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 83, Issue 5 B, 2005, Pages 413-420

  Abbasi, Tasneem ^a   Abbasi, S A ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bhopal; India; Industrial accidents; Loss prevention; Methyl isocyanates

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DISASTERS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LOSS PREVENTION; PROCESS CONTROL; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

INDIA; INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS; METHYL ISOCYANATES; PROCESS INDUSTRY;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 26444540345     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/psep.04210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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