Coal mine safety - Where do we go from here?

Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 215-221

  Bhattacharjee, Ashis ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 0344994869     PISSN: 00222755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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