Toxic contamination and communities: Using an ecological-symbolic perspective to theorize response contingencies

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 623-640

  Gunter, Valerie J ^a   Aronoff, Marilyn ^b   Joel, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033235303     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1999.tb00571.x     Document Type: Review

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