Principles of Fire Risk Assessment in Buildings

Principles of Fire Risk Assessment in Buildings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-227

  Yung, David ^a  

^a Yung and Associates Inc   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1002/9780470714065     Document Type: Book

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