Is biotechnology a victim of anti-science bias in scientific journals?

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 122-125

  Miller, Henry I ^a   Morandini, Piero ^b   Ammann, Klaus ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DNA; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DISTORTED PUBLIC POLICY; UNWARRANTED OPPOSITION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA TRANSFER; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENE TRANSFER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; SCIENCE;

EID: 39149093365     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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