An experimental study on how phosphorescent guidance equipment influences on evacuation in impaired visibility

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 934-942

  Jeon, Gyu Yeob ^a   Hong, Won Hwa ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Evacuation experiment; Human behavior; Impaired visibility; Phosphorescent sign; Photoluminescence

Indexed keywords

EVACUATION EXPERIMENT; EVACUATION ROUTES; EVACUATION TIME; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; IMPAIRED VISIBILITY; MOVING SPEED; RELATIVE ORDER; VISIBILITY CONDITIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; LIGHT EMISSION; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SUBWAY STATIONS; VISIBILITY;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 71649098301     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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