Beneficial or biohazard? How the media frame biosolids

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 359-375

  Goodman, J Robyn ^a,b   Goodman, Brett P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Water/Wastewater Engineering Department ^*  (United States)

^c Environmental Group for Gainesville Regional Utilities'   (United States)

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EID: 33744962904     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662506062468     Document Type: Article

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