Risk assessment of GM trees in the EU: Current regulatory framework and guidance

IForest

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-131

  Aguilera, Jaime ^a   Nielsen, Kaare Magne ^b,c   Sweet, Jeremy ^d  

^a EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Genøk Center for Biosafety   (Norway)

^d Sweet Environmental Consultants   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Genetically modified; GM trees; Recombinant DNA; Risk characterization; Risk identification; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877774809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor0101-006     Document Type: Review

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