GM Scientists and the Politics of the Risk Society

At the Interface: Probing the Boundaries

Volumn 10, Issue , 2004, Pages 85-102

  Robbins, Peter T ^a   Pieri, Elisa ^a   Cook, Guy ^a  

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EID: 85164811372     PISSN: 15707113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/9789401201032_008     Document Type: Chapter

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