Different kinds and roles of environmental uncertainty

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-83

  Gar̈ling, Tommy ^a   Biel, Anders ^b   Gustafsson, Mathias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NONE

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EID: 17344375817     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jevp.1998.0088     Document Type: Article

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