Teaching technical writing in a lab course in ChE

Chemical Engineering Education

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-62

  Lombardo, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77649174055     PISSN: 00092479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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