Gene transfer: Technical visions and emotional perceptions

Psychology of Risk Perception

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 47-70

  Martinelli, Lucia ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

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