Prolonged turns in interpreting: Effects on quality, physiological and psychological stress (Pilot study)

Interpreting

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-64

  Moser Mercer, Barbara ^a   Künzli, Alexander ^a   Korac, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84937186046     PISSN: 13846647     EISSN: 1569982X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/intp.3.1.03mos     Document Type: Article

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