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1. Human Factors: An Introduction

Authors : Erik Seedhouse, Anthony Brickhouse, Kimberly Szathmary, E. David Williams

Published in: Human Factors in Air Transport

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Metadata
Title
Human Factors: An Introduction
Authors
Erik Seedhouse
Anthony Brickhouse
Kimberly Szathmary
E. David Williams
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Human Factors in Air Transport

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-13847-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-13848-6

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13848-6_1

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