Review of an incident at a petrochemical plant

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-90

  ’L Razi Ahmadun, Fakhru ^a   Shalu, Ibrahim M ^a   Said Aini, Mat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Malaysia; Petrochemical industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986097824     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560310474197     Document Type: Article

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