A structural model of reuse and recycling in Mexico

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 665-696

  Corral Verdugo, Victor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0000150073     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001391659602800505     Document Type: Article

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