Consideration of problem formulation and option assessment (PFOA) for environmental risk assessment: Bt cotton in Vietnam

Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 64-78

  Vẫn Uyên, Nguyễn ^a   Vǎn Chi, Phan ^b   Vǎn Bô, Nguyễn ^c   Thanh Nhàn, Hoàng ^d   Quyến, Lê Quang ^e   Hố Ng, Nguyễn Xuân ^f   Sất, Lê Minh ^g   Wals, Arjen ^h   Capalbo, Deise M F ⁱ   Nelson, Kristen C ^j  

^a Yersin University   (Viet Nam)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c Vietnamese Academy of Agricultural Science   (Viet Nam)

^d Vietnam Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE)   (Viet Nam)

^e Nhaho Research Institute for Cotton and Agricultural Development   (Viet Nam)

^f Vietnam Labour Union   (Viet Nam)

^g MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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