Reporting risk: Science journalism and the prospect of human cloning

Trust, Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 165-180

  Allan, Stuart ^a   Anderson, Alison ^b   Petersen, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85015955617     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230506039     Document Type: Chapter

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