Slovakian students' knowledge of and attitudes toward biotechnology

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 895-907

  Prokop, Pavol ^a   Lešková, Andrea ^b   Kubiatko, Milan ^c   Diran, Carla ^d  

^a TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Attitudes; Biotechnology education; Slovakia; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547407677     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690600969830     Document Type: Article

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