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Acceptability of sufficiency consumption policies by Finnish households

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|Mar 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.573 | Journal eISSN: 2632-6655
Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 28, 2025
Accepted on: Mar 6, 2025
Published on: Mar 25, 2025
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