GMO: Human health risk assessment

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 7-11

  D'Agnolo, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment; GMO; Risk; Round table

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; FOOD ALLERGEN; GLYPHOSATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; PHENYLALANINE; PLANT DNA; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

ALLERGENICITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; HEALTH HAZARD; HELPER CELL; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PRICK TEST; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN TEST; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRUS GENE;

DRUG RESISTANCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 27744571747     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-005-0003-7     Document Type: Article

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