The new genetics: Professionals' discursive boundaries

Sociological Review

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-303

  Kerr, Anne ^a   Cunningham Burley, Sarah ^a   Amos, Amanda ^a  

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EID: 0000845202     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-954X.00065     Document Type: Article

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