The environmental attitudes of Turkish senior high school students in the context of postmaterialism and the new environmental paradigm

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 481-502

  Taskin, Ozgur ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 70449585199     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690701691689     Document Type: Article

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