Science, policy, and the transparency of values

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 647-650

  Elliott, Kevin C ^a   Resnik, David B ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; NOTE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SCIENTIST; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SCIENCE; TOXICITY;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SCIENCE;

EID: 84903782386     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408107     Document Type: Note

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