Genetic engineering in agriculture and corporate engineering in public debate: Risk, public relations, and public debate over genetically modified crops

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 428-436

  Patel, Rajeev ^a   Toress, Robert J ^b   Rosset, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Discourse; Genetic engineering; Genetic modification; Monsanto

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 27644509364     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2005.11.4.428     Document Type: Review

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