Assessing the Value of Transgenic Crops

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 497-511

  Lacey, Hugh ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Ethics; Science; Transgenics; Values

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOETHICS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CROP; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; HUMAN; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 0036777254     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-002-0003-8     Document Type: Article

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