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2017 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

1. Introduction

verfasst von : Norazrin Azwani Ahmad, Masine Md. Tap, Ardiyansyah Syahrom, Jafri Mohd. Rohani

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Abstract

This chapter reviews the elements in slip and fall system. The phenomena of slip and fall are briefly described before presenting the quantitative and qualitative method to discover slip and fall incidents. The slip and fall overview and background are presented.

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Metadaten
Titel
Introduction
verfasst von
Norazrin Azwani Ahmad
Masine Md. Tap
Ardiyansyah Syahrom
Jafri Mohd. Rohani
Copyright-Jahr
2017
Verlag
Springer Singapore
Buch
Quantitative and Qualitative Factors that Leads to Slip and Fall Incidents

Print ISBN: 978-981-10-3285-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-10-3286-8

Copyright-Jahr: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3286-8_1