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Comparing energy use and environmental performance of land transport modes

BERT VAN WEE Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the NetherlandsView further author information
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PIETER JANSE CE‐transform, Delft, the Netherlands
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ROBERT VAN DEN BRINK National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Pages 3-24 | Received 26 Mar 2003, Accepted 02 Feb 2004, Published online: 23 Feb 2007

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