Documenting fuel poverty from the householders’ perspective

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 21-31

  Mould, Ronald ^a,b   Baker, Keith J ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Finance and Resources   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fuel poverty; Households; Observational studies; Perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020380356     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.06.004     Document Type: Article

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