Keeping the public informed? Public negotiation of air quality information

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 213-228

  Bush, Judith ^a   Moffatt, Suzanne ^a   Dunn, Christine E ^a  

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EID: 0001386819     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-6625/10/2/304     Document Type: Article

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