Safety training – a special case?

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 481-490

  Cooper, Mark ^a   Cotton, David ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Risk management; Safety; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986127944     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590010358205     Document Type: Article

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