The Croonian Lecture 2004 risk: Food, fact and fantasy

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1458, 2005, Pages 1133-1144

  Krebs, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BSE; Dioxins; Food; Obesity; Policy; Risk

Indexed keywords

FOOD; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RISK;

BOVINAE;

EID: 31344436397     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1665     Document Type: Conference Paper

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