How Japanese students reason about agricultural biotechnology

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 705-716

  Maekawa, Fumi ^a   Macer, Darryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Bioethics education; Decision making; GM food; GMOs; Student opinion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLLEGE STUDENT; DECISION MAKING; DNA MODIFICATION; EDUCATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JAPAN; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; RISK; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 9444242744     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-004-0048-y     Document Type: Review

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