Developing a biosafety regime in Ghana: Issues and options for policy makers

Science, Technology and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 32-54

  Essegbey, George O ^a   Stokes, Kathryn ^b  

^a West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY RESOURCES; GHANA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; POLICY MAKING; SAFETY;

GHANA;

EID: 0032311046     PISSN: 09500707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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