Transnational new governance and the international coordination of nanotechnology oversight

The Nanotechnology Challenge: Creating Legal Institutions for Uncertain Risks

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 179-202

  Marchant, Gary E ^a   Abbott, Kenneth W ^a   Sylvester, Douglas J ^a   Gulley, Lyn M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84889886599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511988554.011     Document Type: Chapter

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