Environmental contamination, public hygiene, and human health concerns in the Third World: The case of Nigerian environmentalism

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 614-646

  Adeola, Francis O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

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EID: 0000069017     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001391659602800503     Document Type: Article

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