The environmental impacts of genetically modified plants: Challenges to decision making

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1107-1111

  Batie, Sandra S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM;

EID: 0347270123     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2003.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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