Is the precautionary principle a principle?

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 21, Issue 4 SPEC., 2002, Pages 45-48

  Weed, Douglas L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; HEALTH RISKS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PUBLIC RISKS; RADIATION PROTECTION; STANDARDS;

CODE OF ETHICS; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 0036967075     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTAS.2003.1166567     Document Type: Article

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