Nanotechnology: Awareness and societal concerns

Technology in Society

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-345

  Sheetz, Tanya ^a   Vidal, Jorge ^a   Pearson, Thomas D ^a   Lozano, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOTECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ETHICS; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; RESPONDENTS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ETHICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

EID: 21644452995     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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