Risk, public engagement and reflexivity: Alternative framings of the public dimensions of nanotechnology

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-227

  Doubleday, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nanotechnology; Public engagement; Reflexivity; Science policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 34347212851     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698570701306930     Document Type: Article

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