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A Review: The Energy Poverty Issue in the European Union and Latvia

By: D. Zalostiba and  D. Kiselovs  
Open Access
|Jun 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2021-0028 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8896 | Journal ISSN: 0868-8257
Language: English
Page range: 227 - 248
Published on: Jun 24, 2021
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