Avaluator's obvious clues prevention values are inflated: Evidence from Canadian avalanche accidents

ISSW 09 - International Snow Science Workshop, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 619-622

  Uttl, Bob ^a   Kisinger, Kelly ^b   Kibreab, Mekale ^b   Uttl, Jan ^c  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Avidataca   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avaluator; Missing values; Obvious clues; Risk reduction

Indexed keywords

AVALUATOR; DECISION TOOL; MISSING VALUES; OBVIOUS CLUES; RISK REDUCTION; RISK REDUCTIONS;

PUBLISHING; SNOW;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 82955202724     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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