The monster in the public imagination

Genomics and Society: Legal, Ethical and Social Dimensions

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 150-168

  Wagner, Wolfgang ^a   Kronberger, Nicole ^a   Berg, Siv Froydis ^b   Torgersen, Helge ^c  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

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EID: 84925773086     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849773867     Document Type: Chapter

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