Role of virtual reality in safety training of mine personnel

Mining Engineering (Littleton, Colorado)

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 59-64

  Denby, B ^a   Schofield, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINING; TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0032726420     PISSN: 00265187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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