Living on polluted soil: Determinants of stress symptoms

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 270-286

  Matthies, Ellen ^a   Höger, Rainer ^a   Guski, Rainer ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOIL POLLUTION; STRESS;

EID: 0342699472     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00139160021972522     Document Type: Article

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