A sociological case study on the attitudes and behavior of students in urban Turkey

Urban Education

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 550-564

  Ecevit, Mehmet C ^a   Kasapolu, M Aytü ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behavior; Risks; Students; Turkey; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944445520     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085905278018     Document Type: Review

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