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Nuclear Waste Management and Environmental Justice in Taiwan.

Research output: ThesisDoctoral Thesis

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Nuclear Waste Management and Environmental Justice in Taiwan. / Fan, Mei-Fang.
Lancaster: Lancaster University, 2005. 306 p.

Research output: ThesisDoctoral Thesis

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Fan, M-F 2005, 'Nuclear Waste Management and Environmental Justice in Taiwan.', PhD, Lancaster University, Lancaster.

APA

Fan, M.-F. (2005). Nuclear Waste Management and Environmental Justice in Taiwan. [Doctoral Thesis, Lancaster University]. Lancaster University.

Vancouver

Fan MF. Nuclear Waste Management and Environmental Justice in Taiwan.. Lancaster: Lancaster University, 2005. 306 p.

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Fan, Mei-Fang. / Nuclear Waste Management and Environmental Justice in Taiwan.. Lancaster : Lancaster University, 2005. 306 p.

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