Environmental risk and the precautionary principle: "Late lessons from early warnings" applied to genetically modified plants

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-224

  Aslaksen, Iulie ^a   Natvig, Bent ^b   Nordal, Inger ^b  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Environmental risk; Genetically modified organisms; Precautionary principle

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33646446176     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870500419586     Document Type: Article

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