Safety in shipping: The human element

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 401-411

  Hetherington, Catherine ^a   Flin, Rhona ^a   Mearns, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident causation; CRM; Human factors; Safety; Shipping

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT CAUSATION; HUMAN FACTORS; MARITIME SAFETY; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS;

AUTOMATION; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BIOENGINEERING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEA; SHIP; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NAVAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCEANS AND SEAS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SAFETY; SHIPS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33750121051     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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