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Should the precautionary principle guide our actions or our beliefs?
- Correspondence to: Dr M Peterson Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RH, UK; mbp24{at}cam.ac.uk
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Should the precautionary principle guide our actions or our beliefs?
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- Received December 8, 2005
- Accepted January 13, 2006
- Revised January 11, 2006
- First published January 5, 2007.
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April 27, 2016
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Copyright 2007 by the Journal of Medical Ethics
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