The politics of precaution in the United States and the European union

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-180

  Tickner, Joel ^a   Raffensperger, Carolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b Box 73   (United States)

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EID: 0035020027     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-3780(00)00051-0     Document Type: Article

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