The case of chemical hormesis: How scientific anomaly shapes environmental science and policy

Shaping Science and Technology Policy: The Next Generation of Research

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 124-148

  Elliott, Kevin ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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