GMO regulation in the Netherlands: A story of hope, fear and the limits of 'poldering'

Uncertain Risks Regulated

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 187-206

  Somsen, Han ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84909364986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203884850     Document Type: Chapter

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