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Part III - Risk-Analysis-Based Regulatory Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2017

Ademola A. Adenle
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Colorado State University
E. Jane Morris
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University of Leeds
Denis J. Murphy
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University of South Wales
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Genetically Modified Organisms in Developing Countries
Risk Analysis and Governance
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