Whaling and its controversies: Examining the attitudes of Japan's youth

Marine Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 775-783

  Bowett, Julia ^a   Hay, Pete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Japanese students; Opinion surveys; Whaling

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT; WHALING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 67349134167     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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