The precautionary principle and public health trade-offs: Case study of West Nile Virus

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 584, Issue NOV., 2002, Pages 69-79

  Tickner, Joel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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EID: 0036418138     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000271620258400105     Document Type: Review

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