Genetically modified mosquito: The Malaysian public engagement experience

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1323-1327

  Subramaniam, T S Saraswathy ^a   Lee, Han Lim ^a   Ahmad, Nazni Wasi ^a   Murad, Shahnaz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; DENGUE; ECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; VECTOR CONTROL; ZOOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALAYSIA; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

EID: 84868670690     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201200282     Document Type: Article

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