Communicating a complex message to the population most at risk: An outreach strategy for fish consumption advisories

Applied Environmental Education and Communication

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-48

  McDermott, Melanie Hughes ^a   Chess, Caron ^a   Perez Lugo, Marla ^a   Kirk Pflugh, Kerry ^b   Bochenek, Eleanor ^c   Burger, Joanna ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85015742385     PISSN: 1533015X     EISSN: 15330389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15330150301346     Document Type: Article

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