Frame that gene. A tool for analysing and classifying the communication of genetics to the public

EMBO Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 943-947

  Carver, Rebecca ^a   Waldahl, Ragnar ^b   Breivik, Jarle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE INTERACTION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMMUNICATION; GENES; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETICS; JOURNALISM; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 53249085800     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.176     Document Type: Article

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