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Don't Know Responses in Environmental Surveys

J. C. van Es Laboratory for Community and Economic Development and program, University of Illinois, Urbana, Champaign, USA
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D. P. Lorence American Medical Association, Chicago, USA
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G. W. Morgan Center for Health Statistics, Illinois Department of Public Health, Urbana, USA
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J. A. Church Natural Resources, Rockford, Illinois, USA
Pages 13-18 | Published online: 15 Jul 2010

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