Safety. and socio-economic issues raised by modern biotechnology

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 7-10, 2000, Pages 699-708

  Xue, Dayuan ^a   Tisdell, Clem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering; Patents; Safety; Socio economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012284596     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290010335217     Document Type: Article

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