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Tweeddale, Mark.  Managing risk and reliability of process plants / by Mark Tweeddale.   p. cm.  Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0-7506-7734-1 (acid-free paper)

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To my wife Helen, who first suggested I write this book, and was patient with my preoccupation while I was doing so.

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