The product life cycle and challenges to nanotechnology regulation

Nanotechnology Law and Business

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-519

  Wardak, Ahson ^a   Swami, Nathan ^b,c   Gorman, Michael E ^d  

^a ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b University of Virginia

^c NanoQuEST Institute

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE MODEL; REGULATORY STRATEGIES;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 34548052106     PISSN: 15462080     EISSN: 15462080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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