Factors affecting student choice of career in science and engineering: Parallel studies in Australia, Canada, China, England, Japan and Portugal

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-121

  Woolnough, Brian E ^a   Guo, Yuying ^b   Leite, Maria Salete ^c   De Almeida, Maria Jose ^c   Ryu, Tae ^d   Wang, Zhen ^e   Young, Deidra ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85064796198     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0263514970150108     Document Type: Article

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