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Fatigue: the most critical accident risk in oil and gas construction

Margaret Chan School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 341-353 | Received 17 Dec 2009, Accepted 04 Dec 2010, Published online: 01 Jun 2011

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