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Product development and responsible consumption: designing alternatives for sustainable lifestyles

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Product development and responsible consumption: designing alternatives for sustainable lifestyles. / Marchand, Anne; Walker, Stuart.
In: Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 16, No. 11, 07.2008, p. 1163-1169.

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Marchand A, Walker S. Product development and responsible consumption: designing alternatives for sustainable lifestyles. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2008 Jul;16(11):1163-1169. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.08.012

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Marchand, Anne ; Walker, Stuart. / Product development and responsible consumption : designing alternatives for sustainable lifestyles. In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 2008 ; Vol. 16, No. 11. pp. 1163-1169.

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