Cross-national differences in aviation safety records

Transportation Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-332

  Barnett, Arnold ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Passenger mortality risk; System safety; Transportation: air

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

AVIATION SAFETY; CROSS-NATIONAL; CULTURAL FACTORS; DEVELOPING WORLD; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION RISKS; SCHEDULED FLIGHT; SYSTEM SAFETY;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 77955641564     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: 15265447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1090.0313     Document Type: Article

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