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Author
Pauls, J.
Title
Benefit-Cost Analysis and Housing Affordability: The Case of Stairway Usability, Safety, Design and Related Requirements and Guidelines for New and Existing Homes.
Coporate
Building Use and Safety Institute, Silver Spring, MD
Book or Conf
Pacific Rim Conference and Second (2nd) International Conference on Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods. Proceedings. International Code Council and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). May 3-9, 1998, International Code Council, Birmingham, AL, Maui, HI, 21-38 p., 1998
Keywords
performance based codes | fire safety | stairways | cost benefit analysis | housing | safety | design applications | construction | life safety
Identifiers
approximate relative chance of injury from various events; affordability; hospital treated injuries related to products in the U.S., 1994 (CPSC/NIESS); stairway usability