Consumer perceptions of softwood lumber quality

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 29-34

  Hansen, Eric ^a   Bush, Robert ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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