Risks and benefits of genetically modified maize donations to Southern Africa: Views from Malawi

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 102-106

  Muula, Adamson S ^a,b   Mfutso Bengo, Joseph M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b Ctr for Hlth/Population Studies   (Malawi)

^c Malawi Bioethics Res Unit (MABIRU)   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africa; Developing countries; Ethics; Food; Food supply; Genetically modified; Malawi; Plants; Professional; Southern; Starvation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BUDGET; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHICS; FLOODING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGER; MAIZE; MALAWI; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STARVATION; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALAWI; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037296777     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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