Making 'safety first' a reality for biotechnology products

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 599-601

  Kapuscinski, Anne R ^a,b   Goodman, Robert M ^c   Hann, Stuart D ^a   Jacobs, Lawrence R ^b,d   Pullins, Emily E ^b   Johnson, Charles S ^a   Kinsey, Jean D ^d   Krall, Ronald L ^e   La Viña, Antonio G M ^f   Mellon, Margaret G ^g   Ruttan, Vernon W ^d  

^a 200 Hodson Hall ^*  (United States)

^b Inst Social Econ Ecol S   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^f WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Food and Environment Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; LEADERSHIP; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038700485     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0603-599     Document Type: Note

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