Communities, policy and chronic technological disasters

Current Sociology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 41-57

  Gramling, Robert ^a   Krogman, Naomi ^a  

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EID: 0002224759     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001139297045003003     Document Type: Article

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