Science-based risk assessment for nontarget effects of transgenic crops

BioScience

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 637-649

  Andow, David A ^a   Hilbeck, Angelika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicology; Nonindigenous species; Nontarget effects; Risk assessment; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242708023     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0637:SRAFNE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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