Natural ways are better: Adolescents and the 'anti-obesity' gene

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 305-315

  Levitt, Mairi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Humanistic; Natural; Obesity gene; Risk; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETICS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; OBESITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETICS; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; MEN; OBESITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN;

EID: 0031173209     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-997-0037-z     Document Type: Article

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