Initiatives in Europe

Hamm, U., Gronefeld, F., Weinreich Hansen, M., Kristensen, N., Nielsen, T. 2004. The Organic Food Market and Organic Marketing Initiatives in Europe An Update Study. Organic Marketing Initiatives and Rural Development (EC initiative), University of Wales Aberystwyth. 

Mermet-Bouvier P, de Cremiers F. Clinical Trial Initiation in Europe Current Status. Regul Aff J July 2002 571-578. 

Radioembolization (RE), which refers to the administration of brachytherapy with microspheres embedded with a beta-emitting isotope (yttrium-90), is a relatively new concept of liver tumor treatment. RE was initially performed in the 1990s and mainly in Australasia it was later approved in the US and initiated in Europe in 2003. Currently, several institutions are using RE, either alone or in combination with other treatments, as a fully established modality to treat patients with primary and metastatic liver malignancies. 

The use of prestressed concrete vessels for gas-cooled reactors was initiated in Europe. A summary of reactor vessel designs using prestressed concrete technology is shown in Fig. 7. As indicated, vessels having... 

Such organizing efforts appeared to result in a number of major European jurisdictions enacting various constraints on the production of white lead and its uses. Several conclusions can be drawn from the early record of white lead control initiatives in Europe and elsewhere. First, legislation and regulation for production and use of white lead and related paint pigments in the major European countries provided much of the evidence... 

The return of the utilisation of natural fibres in automotive applications began in the 1990s, initially in Europe, and a few years later in North America. 

Consequently, various nations enacted process safety-type legislation, such as the Seveso Initiative in Europe. In the USA, the Amendments to the Qean Air Act, which was... 

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