Legal Implications of Fatigue in the Australian Transportation Industries

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 344-359

  Jones, Christopher ^a   Dorrian, Jillian ^a   Dawson, Drew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84992847203     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1472-9296.00087     Document Type: Article

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