Human error: Causes and control

Human Error: Causes and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-214

  Peters, George A ^a   Peters, Barbara J ^b  

^a American Society of Safety Engineers   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

DESIGN ENGINEERING; FULLY INTEGRATED; HUMAN ERRORS; REDUCTION OF ERRORS; SOUND MODELING;

ERRORS;

EID: 79959380885     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Book

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