Worlds apart? The reception of genetically modified foods in Europe and the U.S.

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5426, 1999, Pages 384-387

  Gaskell, George ^a   Bauer, Martin W ^a   Durant, John ^b   Allum, Nicholas C ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b SCIENCE MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROP; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHICS; EUROPE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EUROPE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS; RISKS AND BENEFITS; SURVEY; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FOOD; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; INTERNATIONALITY; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRUST; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033575365     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5426.384     Document Type: Review

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8. The authors of this paper are the coordinators of a Concerted Action of the European Commission (B104-CT95-0043), with British funding from the Leverhulme Trust. The U.S. survey was coordinated by J. Miller, an associate member of the project.