Negotiating international food standards: The world trade organization's impact on the Codex Alimentarius Commission

Governance

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 675-708

  Veggeland, Frode ^a   Borgen, Svein Ole ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

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EID: 26444580960     PISSN: 09521895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0491.2005.00297.x     Document Type: Review

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