Education for environmental protection: Successes, challenges, and opportunities for USEPA's environmental education program

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1242-1248

  Lichtveld, Maureen Y ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650279611     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2010.526493     Document Type: Editorial

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