Growing Risk and Vulnerability—The Mountain Challenge
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1 Department of Child and Family Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America. 2 School of Education, Northcentral University, Prescott Valley, Arizona, United States of America. Send correspondence to: Katherine E. Green, 10000 University Drive, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314, USA; telephone: +01-865-573-2221; fax: +01-928-541-7817; e-mail: [email protected]. Althou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mountain Research and Development
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0276-4741,1994-7151
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.mp007