Assessing pilots with 'the wrong stuff': A call for research on emotional health factors in commercial aviators

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 168-184

  Butcher, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0036000518     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2389.00204     Document Type: Article

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