Occupant response during a residential highrise fire
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عنوان ژورنال: Fire and Materials
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0308-0501,1099-1018
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1018(199911/12)23:6<317::aid-fam705>3.0.co;2-z