Genetic engineering regulation in Australia: An ‘archaeology’ of expertise and power

Science as Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-392

  Hindmarsh, Richard ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT DNA;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSUMER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; PEER REVIEW; PERSONNEL; POLICY; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL CONTROL; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AUSTRALIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DNA, RECOMBINANT; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GUIDELINES; LEGISLATION; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 33744551785     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505430500369145     Document Type: Article

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