Information technology waste problems in Japan

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 249-260

  Yoshida, Fumikazu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 34748817075     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03353924     Document Type: Article

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