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Clearing the smog? Public responses to air-quality information. / Bickerstaff, Karen; Walker, Gordon.
In: Local Environment, Vol. 4, No. 3, 01.01.1999, p. 279-294.

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Bickerstaff K, Walker G. Clearing the smog? Public responses to air-quality information. Local Environment. 1999 Jan 1;4(3):279-294. doi: 10.1080/13549839908725600

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Bickerstaff, Karen ; Walker, Gordon. / Clearing the smog? Public responses to air-quality information. In: Local Environment. 1999 ; Vol. 4, No. 3. pp. 279-294.

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