Fire safety management and risk assessment

Facilities

Volumn 17, Issue , 1999, Pages 363-377

  Ramachandran, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fire; Probability; Quantitative modelling; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986156521     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632779910278782     Document Type: Article

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