Risk regulation, EU law and emerging technologies: Smother or smooth?

NanoEthics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-71

  van Calster, Geert ^a  

^a Brussels Bar DLA Caestecker   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Emerging technologies; Law; Nanotechnology; Regulation; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149109994     PISSN: 18714757     EISSN: 18714765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-008-0029-8     Document Type: Article

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