Nanotechnology: legal and ethical issues

Nanotechnology: legal and ethical issues

K E Y W O R D S nanotechnology, regulation, risk, ethical issues DOI: 10.1515/emj-2016-0005 Corresponding author: Agnieszka Baran Bialystok University of Technology Faculty of Management e-mail: [email protected] received: 19 January, 2016 accepted: 29 February, 2016

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