Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 7 , Pages 664-666 , July 2008

Peak oil: threat, opportunity or phantom?

  • P. Wilkinson

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PII: S0033-3506(08)00109-1

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2008.04.007

Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 7 , Pages 664-666 , July 2008

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