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ISSN: 0098-5104 CODEN: EAPAD May 1983 ENERGY ABSTRACTS ABOUT ENERGY ABSTRACTS FOR POLICY Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis (EAPA), while embracing all phases of energy analysis and development, is limited primarily to nontechnological or quasitechnological articles or reports having significant reference value. This selectivity in scope and coverage of EAPA is effected to emphasize the following: programmatic efforts; policy, legislative, and regulatory aspects; social, economic, and environmental impacts; regional and sectoral analyses, institutional factors, etc. Note: the "hard" scientific and technical literature is abstracted for the most part in DOE Energy Research Abstracts (ERA) and is included in the DOE Energy Data Base. 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