The challenge of feeding scientific advice into policy-making

Science

Volumn 330, Issue 6012, 2010, Pages 1749-1751

  Schenkel, Roland ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL;

EUROPEAN UNION; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL REFORM; PUBLIC SECTOR;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EUROPEAN UNION; INFORMATION; LABORATORY; MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR WASTE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; UNITED STATES; VOLCANIC ASH; INDUSTRY; PUBLIC OPINION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; VOLCANO;

UNITED STATES;

BIOFUELS; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC OPINION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SCIENCE; UNITED STATES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 78650643755     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1197503     Document Type: Article

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