Determinants of trust perceptions among residents surrounding the Savannah River Nuclear Weapons Site

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 354-371

  Williams, Bryan L ^a   Brown, Sylvia ^a   Greenberg, Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDOUS WASTE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GEORGIA; SAVANNAH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032820403     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00139169921972146     Document Type: Article

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