Evaluating the impact of fires on the environment

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 43-59

  Mcnamee, Margaret Simonson ^a   Blomqvist, Per ^a   Andersson, Petra ^a  

^a SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost benefit assessment; Environmental impact; Life cycle assessment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFITS; DATA AVAILABILITY; DEVELOPED MODEL; ECOTOXICITY; FIRE SAFETY; GAS EXPOSURE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; SOUND INPUT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; RATING; TOXICITY;

FIRES;

EID: 84856637340     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.10-43     Document Type: Conference Paper

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