Base station fears: The paradox of mobile geography

Geography

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 320-330

  Law, Alex ^a   McNeish, Wallace ^a   Gray, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL COGNITION;

EID: 0346264694     PISSN: 00167487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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