The children's attitudes toward the environment scale for preschool children

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 23-30

  Musser, Lynn M ^a   Diamond, Karen E ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650395224     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: 19401892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00958969909601867     Document Type: Article

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