Environmental attitudes of young people in Turkey: Effects of school type and gender

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 215-233

  Tuncer, Gaye ^a   Ertepinar, Hamide ^a   Tekkaya, Ceren ^a   Sungur, Semra ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 85066214820     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350462042000338379     Document Type: Article

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