A framework for the precautionary governance of food safety: Integrating science and participation in the social appraisal of risk

Implementing the Precautionary Principle: Perspectives and Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 284-315

  Stirling, Andy ^a   Renn, Ortwin ^b   Zwanenberg, Patrick van ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

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