Explosives, genomics, and the environment: Conducting public deliberation on topics of complex science and social controversy

SAGE Open

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-17

  O'Doherty, Kieran C ^a   MacKenzie, Michael K ^b   Badulescu, Dan ^b   Burgess, Michael M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microbial genomics; Military; Pollution; Public deliberation; Rdx

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883243445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244013478951     Document Type: Article

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