Constructing risk and safety in technological practice: An introduction

Constructing Risk and Safety in Technological Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-23

  Summerton, Jane ^a   Berner, Boel ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 33845996097     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203216774     Document Type: Editorial

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