The limits of normal accident theory

Safety Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 93-102

  Hopkins, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disasters; Normal accidents; Perrow

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DISASTERS;

NORMAL ACCIDENT THEORY;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; AUTHORITY; DISASTER; MODEL; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THEORY;

EID: 0033166253     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(99)00015-6     Document Type: Note

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