Human factors influencing fire safety measures

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 110-116

  Subramaniam, Chandrakantan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fire; Health and safety; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249216097     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560410534243     Document Type: Article

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