- Author
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Kose, S.
- Title
- Emergence of Aged Populace: Who Is at Higher Risk in Fires?
- Coporate
- Building Research Inst., Tokyo, Japan
- Journal
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Fire and Materials,
Vol. 23,
No. 6,
337-340,
November/December 1999
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 1st. Proceedings. August 31-September 2, 1998,
Textflow Ltd., Northern Ireland,
Belfast, Northern Ireland,
Shields, J., Editors,
333-339 p.,
['1999', '1998']
- Keywords
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human behavior
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performance based codes
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fire safety
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elderly persons
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occupants
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handicapped
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decision making
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human response
- Identifiers
- number of disabled persons by type of disability in Japan (in thousands); persons with disabilities 'invisible' to 'mainstreamed'; rapid increase in life expectancy and decreasing birth rate; reconstructing the aged persons capabilities; frequency of daily stair use of aged persons in dwellings by walking capability classification (in percent); walking capability and age (number of persons); impact of growing 'disabled' population on fire safety