Wildfires and safety issues in Greece

Current International Perspectives on Wildland Fires, Mankind and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 157-175

  Xanthopoulos, Gavriil ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fatality; Greece; Safety; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956629634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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