Environmental risks in the news: Issues, sources, problems, and values

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-308

  Major, Ann M ^a   Atwood, L Erwin ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4043121057     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662504044557     Document Type: Review

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