From risk perception to risk governance in nanotechnology: a multi-stakeholder study

@article{Porcari2019FromRP,
  title={From risk perception to risk governance in nanotechnology: a multi-stakeholder study},
  author={Andrea Porcari and Elisabetta Borsella and Christina Benighaus and Khara D. Grieger and Panagiotis Isigonis and Somik Chakravarty and Pete Kines and Keld Alstrup Jensen},
  journal={Journal of Nanoparticle Research},
  year={2019},
  volume={21}
}
Nanotechnology is widely used in several industrial and consumer sectors and has the potential to grow further and expand globally. An exploration of stakeholder (SH)’s perceptions is essential to ensuring that robust risk governance processes are in place for nanotechnology and nano-related products. In response, numerous studies have been conducted to investigate SH’s perceptions of nanotechnology and nano-related products over the past 15 years. To build on this work and to capture current… 
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