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Caution as a Response to Scientific Uncertainty: A Groundwater Game Experiment

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|Apr 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1347 | Journal eISSN: 1875-0281
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 7, 2023
Accepted on: Feb 25, 2024
Published on: Apr 17, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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