University students' attitudes towards environmental problems: A case study from Turkey

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2715-2720

  Aydin, Fatih ^a   Çepni, Osman ^a  

^a KARABUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitude; Environmental education; Environmental problems; University students

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751514797     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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