Analysis of fatalities and injuries in building fire statistics

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-14

  Hasofer, A M ^a   Thomas, I ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analysis of deviance; Building fires; Injuries and fatalities statistics; Linear models

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; IGNITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY DEVICES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANALYSIS OF DEVIANCE; BUILDING FIRES; INJURIES AND FATALITIES STATISTICS; LINEAR MODELS;

FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS;

EID: 29144483589     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2005.07.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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