Toxic Water and the Anthill Effect: The Development of a Subculture of Distress in a Once Contaminated Community

Research in Social Problems and Public Policy

Volumn 14, Issue , 2007, Pages 117-137

  Couch, Stephen R ^a   Mercuri, Anne E ^a  

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EID: 33847192855     PISSN: 01961152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-1152(06)14006-5     Document Type: Review

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