The precautionary principle and the rhetoric behind it

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-316

  Adams, Mags D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Definitions; International agreements; Precautionary principle; Scientific evidence; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013836110     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870210139798     Document Type: Article

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