Major hazards analysis for populations adjacent to chemical storage facilities

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 82, Issue 5 B, 2004, Pages 341-351

  Rigas, F ^a   Sklavounos, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chemical accidents; Consequence analysis; Hazardous chemicals; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EXPLOSIONS; FIRE PROTECTION; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAREHOUSES;

CHEMICAL ACCIDENTS; CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS; HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS; RISK ANALYSIS;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 4644369333     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/psep.82.5.341.44189     Document Type: Article

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