Occupant interactions with self-closing fire doors in private dwellings

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1345-1350

  McDermott, Hilary ^a   Haslam, Roger ^a   Gibb, Alistair ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fire doors; Fire prevention; Home safety

Indexed keywords

FIRE DOORS; FIRE PREVENTION; FIRE RISKS; FREQUENCY DATA; HOME SAFETY; PREVENTION MEASURES; SAFETY MEASURES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; FIREPROOFING; FIRES;

DOORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRE PROTECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME SAFETY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77956225592     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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