Against the stream: Moving public engagement on nanotechnologies upstream

Risk and the Public Acceptance of New Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 107-125

  Mohr, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT;

EID: 77952323418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230591288     Document Type: Chapter

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