Localisable alarms

Human Factors in Auditory Warnings

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 33-40

  Withington, Deborah J ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85078645398     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429455742-2     Document Type: Chapter

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