An ethical argument in favor of nano-enabled diagnostics in livestock disease control

NanoEthics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-178

  Evers, Johan ^a   Aerts, Stefan ^a   Tavernier, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethics; Livestock disease management; Nano enabled diagnostics; Principlism; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 53149142150     PISSN: 18714757     EISSN: 18714765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-008-0034-y     Document Type: Article

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