Environmental attitude and ecological behaviour

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-19

  Kaiser, Florian G ^a   Wölfing, Sybille ^b   Fuhrer, Urs ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0033095367     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jevp.1998.0107     Document Type: Article

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