Nuclear waste goes on the road: Risk perceptions and compensatory tradeoffs in single-industry communities

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-223

  Summers, Craig ^a   Hine, Donald W ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031487088     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0008-400X.29.3.211     Document Type: Article

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