Controversies in designing useful ecological assessments of genetically engineered organisms

Genetically Engineered Organisms: Assessing Environmental and Human Health Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 385-415

  Kapuscinski, Anne R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84890225983     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420042030     Document Type: Chapter

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