Making risks visible: Identifying and interpreting threats to airline flight safety

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-293

  Macrae, Carl ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67249086175     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317908X314045     Document Type: Article

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