Researching technoscientific concerns in the making: Narrative structures, public responses, and emerging nanotechnologies

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-37

  Macnaghten, Phil ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 74349095032     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a41349     Document Type: Article

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