Evaluating probable risk of evacuees in institutional buildings

Safety Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-181

  Wong, L T ^a   Cheung, T F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Experiments; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

EVACUATION; RISK ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 29244443982     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2005.08.018     Document Type: Article

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