Genetically modified organisms: Do the benefits outweigh the risks?

Medicina

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-99

  Hug, Kristina ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Genetically modified organisms; International and European legal and ethical requirements; Risks and benefits

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 41149123386     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/medicina44020012     Document Type: Review

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