Psychological and social factors associated with wastewater reuse emotional discomfort

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 16-23

  Wester, Julia ^a   Timpano, Kiara R ^b   Çek, Demet ^b   Lieberman, Debra ^b   Fieldstone, Shaina C ^c   Broad, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disgust; Emotion ideology; Exposure; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922981588     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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