Scientific advice for policy in the United States: Lessons from the National Academies and the former congressional office of technology assessment

The Politics of Scientific Advice: Institutional Design for Quality Assurance

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 297-333

  Blair, Peter D ^a  

^a US National Academy of Science   (United States)

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EID: 84923591634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511777141.017     Document Type: Chapter

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