Assessment of implicit meaning in the design of graphic symbols for the control of recycled water use

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 689-706

  Mellon, Robert C ^a   Tsagarakis, Konstantinos P ^b  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cognitive elicitation; Graphic symbols; Implicit meaning; Wastewater; Water recycling

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; WASTEWATER;

EID: 33746391895     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916506287637     Document Type: Article

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