The Perils of Defective Documentation Preparing Business and Technical Communicators to Avoid Products Liability

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-202

  Smith, Howard T ^a   Shirk, Henrietta Nickels ^b  

^a Shirk and Smith Mgmt Consulting

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 0030504947     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651996010002004     Document Type: Article

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