Of plants and people. Why do we care about dignity?

EMBO Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 946-948

  Harmon, Shawn H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

ANIMALS; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PLANTS;

EID: 69949136133     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2009.191     Document Type: Article

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