Can systematic reviews inform GMO risk assessment and risk management?

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2015, Pages

  Kohl, Christian ^a   Frampton, Geoff ^b   Sweet, Jeremy ^c   Spök, Armin ^d   Haddaway, Neal Robert ^e   Wilhelm, Ralf ^a   Unger, Stefan ^a   Schiemann, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Sweet Environmental Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^e ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bias; Evidence synthesis; GMO; Risk assessment; Risk management; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

BIAS; EVIDENCE-BASED; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS; GOLD STANDARDS; ON POTENTIALS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85010674569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2015.00113     Document Type: Article

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