NASA revisited: Theory, analogy, and public sociology

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 353-393

  Vaughan, Diane ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 33845486723     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506413     Document Type: Review

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