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The validity of citizen judgments in community interventions: I. Judgments of community need

✍ Scribed by Nick L. Smith

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1980
Tongue: English
Weight: 261 KB
Volume: 8
Category: Article
ISSN: 0090-4392
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6629(198007)8:3<227::aid-jcop2290080305>3.0.co;2-z

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