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Risk assessment of plant pharming and animal pharming

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Rehbinder, E. et al. (2009). Risk assessment of plant pharming and animal pharming. In: Pharming. Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment, vol 35. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85793-8_3

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