Adequate regulation, a stop-gap measure, or part of a package? Debates on codes of conduct for scientists could be diverting attention away from more serious questions

EMBO Reports

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Corneliussen, Filippa ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT DNA;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOSAFETY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA MODIFICATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SCIENTIST; SOCIAL SECURITY; TERRORISM; VIRULENCE;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOTERRORISM; CODES OF ETHICS; CRIME; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 33745626796     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400683     Document Type: Article

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