Stop worrying; start growing

EMBO Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 493-497

  Fagerström, Torbjörn ^a   Dixelius, Christina ^a   Magnusson, Ulf ^a   Sundström, Jens F ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EUROPE; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84861914810     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2012.59     Document Type: Review

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