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Volume 23, Issue 2
1 June 2004
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Research Article| June 01 2004

Literature of disasters from the human factors point of view: a descriptive analysis Available to Purchase

Nestor L. Osorio;
Nestor L. Osorio
Professor and Science‐Engineering Librarian at Northern Illinois University Libraries, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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Jitka Hurych
Jitka Hurych
Professor and Head of Science Engineering and Business Department at Northern Illinois University Libraries, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-5592
Print ISSN: 0160-4953
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2004
Collection Building (2004) 23 (2): 64–72.
https://doi.org/10.1108/01604950410530390

Based on information derived from bibliographic titles in Ergonomic Abstracts, this paper analyzes research done on human factors in disaster management. A bibliometric analysis is done to identify the most useful material in this important and timely subject area.

Keywords:
Disasters, Literature, Human failure, Ergonomics
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2004
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