Parents, social responsibility and science, technology and society (STS): A rationale for reform

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-18

  Cross, Roger T ^a   Yager, Robert E ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 85011193792     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0263514980160101     Document Type: Article

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