Science policy and society: The British debate over GM agriculture

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-245

  Gaskell, George ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AEBC; Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission; genetically modified; GM

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL SCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GREAT BRITAIN; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PUBLIC POLICY; SCIENCE;

EID: 2942541395     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2004.04.008     Document Type: Review

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