Fires in hotel rooms and scenario predictions

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-45

  Roberts, Diane ^a   Hin Wing Chan, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Hinkey Technical Services   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Disaster prevention; fire; Hotels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986085972     PISSN: 09596119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09596110010305028     Document Type: Article

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