Environmental surprise: Expecting the unexpected?

Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 6-34

  Kates, Robert W ^a   Clark, William C ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIC; GAS POISONING; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LYME DISEASE; OZONE LAYER; REVIEW;

DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0002624115     PISSN: 00139157     EISSN: 19399154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00139157.1996.9933458     Document Type: Article

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