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Citizen Science Approach to Home Radon Testing, Environmental Health Literacy and Efficacy

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
Volume 7 (2022): Issue 1
By: Stacy Stanifer,  Anna Goodman Hoover,  Kathy Rademacher,  Mary Kay Rayens,  William Haneberg and  Ellen J. Hahn  
Open Access
|Jun 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.472 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
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Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 15, 2021
Accepted on: Apr 30, 2022
Published on: Jun 2, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
citizen science,
environmental health,
self-efficacy,
health literacy,
radon

© 2022 Stacy Stanifer, Anna Goodman Hoover, Kathy Rademacher, Mary Kay Rayens, William Haneberg, Ellen J. Hahn, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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