Western Australian high school students' attitudes towards biotechnology processes

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-12

  Dawson, Vaille ^a,c   Schibeci, Renato ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Biotechnology; Students; Understanding

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0346432527     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2003.9655889     Document Type: Article

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