Environmental concern and environmental behaviour among the Norwegian public

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 265-279

  Iversen, Hilde ^a   Rundmo, Torbjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitude towards illness prevention; Barriers to safety; Environmental behaviour; Environmental concern; Health behaviour; Health value

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447641267     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870110115434     Document Type: Article

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