Environmental education and the public understanding of science

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 437-443

  Jenkins, Edgar W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33744923093     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2003)001[0437:EEATPU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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