Local media roles in defining hazardous waste as a social problem: The case of sumter county, alabama

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 293-319

  Faupel, Charles E ^a   Bailey, Conner ^a   Griffin, Gary ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84928832403     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732173.1991.9981975     Document Type: Article

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