Environmental Concern Over Time: Evidence from the Longitudinal Analysis of a British Cohort Study from 1991 to 2008

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 905-919

  Melis, Gabriella ^a   Elliot, Mark ^a   Shryane, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84916641965     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12107     Document Type: Article

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