Shifting boundary work: Issues and tensions in environmental health science in the case of grand bois, Louisiana

Science as Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-448

  Allen, Barbara L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847283617     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950543042000311805     Document Type: Article

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