The gender gap in environmental attitudes: The case of perceived vulnerability to risk

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 830-840

  Bord, Richard J ^a   O'Connor, Robert E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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