Revision of Public Information Brochures on the Basis of Reader Feedback

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 483-501

  Schellens, Peter Jan ^a   De Jong, Menno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031519213     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651997011004007     Document Type: Review

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