High school and university students' knowledge and attitudes regarding biotechnology

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-130

  Usak, Muhammet ^a   Erdogan, Mehmet ^b   Prokop, Pavol ^c,e   Ozel, Murat ^d  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^d GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Biotechnology; Knowledge; Students' knowledge and attitudes toward biotechnology

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349116052     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20267     Document Type: Article

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