Ideology with evidence: global warming, maps and ethics
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Ideology with evidence: global warming, maps and ethics.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0300-5771,1464-3685
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp268