Information Seeking About Global Climate Change Among Adolescents: The Role of Risk Perceptions, Efficacy Beliefs, and Parental Influences

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Atlantic Journal of Communications

• Publication date

  2012-01-25

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1080/15456870.2012.637027PMID 22866024PMCID PMC3411115
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