Extension education and volunteer service: Assessing motivation and action

Journal of Extension

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Cleveland, Lynetta V ^a   Thompson, Jan R ^b  

^a Natural Resource Conservation Service ^*  (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847663378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10775315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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