Risk management: The economics and morality of safety revisited

Safety-Critical Systems: Problems, Process and Practice - Proceedings of the 17th Safety-Critical Systems Symposium, SSS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 23-37

  Adams, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; ACHIEVING IT; CAUSES OF DEATH; MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS; RISK COMMUNICATION; RISK MANAGER; ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING; SIGNIFICANT VARIABLES;

RISK MANAGEMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 79851483417     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-349-5_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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