Climate change for biotechnology? UK public opinion 1991-2002

AgBioForum

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 55-67

  Gaskell, George ^a   Allum, Nick ^b   Bauer, Martin ^a   Jackson, Jonathan ^a   Howard, Susan ^a   Lindsey, Nicola ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEK Consulting

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Eurobarometer survey; GM crops; GM foods; Public opinion; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942602743     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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