Nanotechnology, Society, and Environment

Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2011, Pages 443-476

  Murphy, P ^a   Munshi, D ^b   Kurian, P A ^b   Lakhtakia, A ^c   Bartlett, R V ^d  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Equity; Governance; Health; Imaginaries; Nanotechnology and society; Nanotechnology discourse; Nanotechnology ethics; Risk; Science and naturescience communication science

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042753710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374396-1.00145-8     Document Type: Chapter

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