Development of a research instrument for evaluating the visitor outcomes of face-to-face interpretation

Visitor Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-205

  Weiler, Betty ^a   Ham, Sam H ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

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EID: 77957958717     PISSN: 10645578     EISSN: 19347715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10645578.2010.509697     Document Type: Article

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