Diagnosing and prioritizing uncertainties according to their relevance for policy: The case of transgene silencing

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-34

  Krayer von Krauss, Martin Paul ^a   Kaiser, Matthias ^b   Almaas, Vibeke ^b   van der Sluijs, Jeroen ^c   Kloprogge, Penny ^c  

^a WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^b Norwegian National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology (NENT)   (Norway)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Expert elicitation; Genetically modified organisms; Policy; Precaution; Risk assessment; Transgene silencing; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DNA SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPARENCY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EXPERT ELICITATION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS; MODEL STRUCTURE UNCERTAINTY; TRANSGENE SILENCING;

GENES;

DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RNA;

DECISION MAKING; DNA; POLICY MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DECISION MAKING; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE SILENCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENE;

GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PUBLIC POLICY; TRANSGENES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 36549074033     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.09.028     Document Type: Article

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