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1 - Introduction and Motivation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2017

By
Kaye Husbands Fealing ,
Julia I. Lane ,
John L. King  and
Stanley R. Johnson
Edited by
Kaye Husbands Fealing ,
Julia I. Lane ,
John L. King  and
Stanley R. Johnson
Kaye Husbands Fealing
Affiliation:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Julia I. Lane
Affiliation:
New York University
John L. King
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
Stanley R. Johnson
Affiliation:
University of Nevada, Reno
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Measuring the Economic Value of Research
The Case of Food Safety
 , pp. 1 - 10
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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