Safety Culture: Theory, Method and Improvement.

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Safety Culture: Theory, Method and Improvement.

March 31, 2010

Antonsen S. Burlington, VT: Ashgate; 2009. ISBN: 9780754676959.

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This book describes the fundamentals of safety culture in the context of well-known incidents in high-risk industries such as aviation, space exploration, and nuclear power.

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