Perspectives on communication about agricultural biotechnology

The Public, the Media and Agricultural Biotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4-20

  Brossard, D ^a   Shanahan, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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