Interdisciplinarity in biotechnology, genomics and nanotechnology

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-112

  Heimeriks, Gaston ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Convergence; Genomics; Indicators; Interdisciplinarity; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONVERGENCE; GENOMICS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84883023607     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scs070     Document Type: Article

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