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The Drive Towards Nanotechnology Standardization: Shifting Roles in Governance and Key Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Evisa Kica
Evisa Kica*
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European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , June 2012 , pp. 227 - 234
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