The long and winding road from asilomar to brussels: Science, politics and the public in biotechnology regulation

Science as Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 339-353

  Abels, Gabriele ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT DNA;

ARTICLE; ASILOMAR CONFERENCE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSUMER; EUROPEAN UNION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ASILOMAR CONFERENCE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DNA, RECOMBINANT; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INTERNATIONALITY; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 33744519440     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505430500369087     Document Type: Article

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