Identification of floor friction safety level for public buildings considering mobility disabled people needs

Safety Science

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 407-423

  Durá, Juan V ^a   Alcántara, Enrique ^a   Zamora, Tomás ^a   Balaguer, Esther ^a   Rosa, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMECÁNICA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disability; Floors; Friction; Perception

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BUILDINGS; FLOORS; FRICTION; PATHOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION (COF); DISABILITY; SAFETY PERCEPTION; WALKING ABILITY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BUILDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; WALKING;

EID: 26844525548     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2005.08.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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