Ideology and scientific credibility: Environmental policy in the American Pacific Northwest

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 481-495

  Steel, Brent S ^a,b   Lach, Denise ^a,b   Satyal, Vijay A ^b  

^a Department of Political Science ^*

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748520580     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662506059261     Document Type: Article

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