Selling the Life Sciences: Promises of a Better Future in Biotechnology Advertisements

Science as Culture

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 459-479

  Hellsten, Iina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECONOMICS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HOECHST AG; INDUSTRY; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NOVARTIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUBLICATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HOECHST AG; NOVARTIS;

ADVERTISING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; INDUSTRY; METAPHOR; PERIODICALS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 16344370036     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950543022000028938     Document Type: Article

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