GM soybeans and health safety - A controversy reexamined

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 981-987

  Marshall, Andrew ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GROWTH KINETICS; RATS;

FERTILITY; TRANSGENIC SOYBEANS;

HEALTH CARE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HEALTH; DNA MODIFICATION; FERTILITY; GROWTH; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOYBEAN; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HEALTH; MALE; MORTALITY; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SAFETY; SOYBEANS;

GLYCINE MAX; RATTUS;

EID: 34948832579     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0907-981     Document Type: Review

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