The government role in scientific research: Who should bridge the data gap in chemical regulation?

Rescuing Science from Politics: Regulation and the Distortion of Scientific Research

Volumn 9780521855204, Issue , 2006, Pages 255-278

  Applegate, John S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 47249087471     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511751776.017     Document Type: Chapter

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