Culture, nature and particulate matter - Hybrid reframings in air pollution scholarship

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 207-217

  Cupples, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Air pollution; Culture; Latour; Nature; Science

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; INFORMATION THEORY; POLLUTION;

ACTOR-NETWORK THEORY; CULTURE; LATOUR; NATURE; SCIENCE;

AIR QUALITY;

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CULTURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AWARENESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMANISM; LANGUAGE; NATURAL SCIENCE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIALIZATION; THINKING;

EID: 56449130256     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.09.027     Document Type: Article

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