Community essay tools for enhancing interdisciplinary communication

Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-80

  Winowiecki, Leigh ^a   Smukler, Sean ^a   Shirley, Kenneth ^a   Remans, Roseline ^a   Peltier, Gretchen ^a   Lothes, Erin ^a   King, Elisabeth ^a   Comita, Liza ^a   Baptista, Sandra ^b   Alkema, Leontine ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 79960224164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15487733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15487733.2011.11908067     Document Type: Article

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