Exploring the nexus between social work and the environment

Australian Social Work

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 256-268

  McKinnon, Jennifer ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environment; Social Work; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149092040     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03124070802178275     Document Type: Article

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