Health care, aviation, and ecosystems: A socio-natural systems perspective

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-75

  Durso, Francis T ^a   Drews, Frank A ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation; Ecosystems; Engineering psychology; Health care; Human factors; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953803513     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721410364728     Document Type: Article

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