Communicative challenges in assessing progress towards environmental quality objectives

Journal of Science Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Wibeck, Victoria ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 77952917090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18242049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22323/2.08020201     Document Type: Article

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