Nanotechnology and the poor: Opportunities

Nanotechnology and Society: Current and Emerging Ethical Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 243-263

  Barker, Todd F ^a   Fatehi, Leili ^a   Lesnick, Michael T ^a   Mealey, Timothy J ^a   Raimond, Rex R ^a  

^a Meridian Institute   (United States)

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EID: 84892217608     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6209-4_13     Document Type: Chapter

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