From biotechnology to nanotechnology: What can we learn from earlier technologies?

Nanotechnology Risk, Ethics and Law

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 121-129

  Mehta, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 84925731968     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849772051     Document Type: Chapter

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