A meta-analysis of the impacts of genetically modified crops

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Klümper, Wilhelm ^a   Qaim, Matin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COTTON; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENE TECHNOLOGY; HARVEST; HERBICIDE TOLERANCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSECT RESISTANCE; MAIZE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PROFIT; SAMPLE SIZE; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VARIANCE; CROP; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 84909581234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111629     Document Type: Article

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