Public understanding of science

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Volumn 347, Issue 9008, 1996, Pages 1087-1090

  Turney, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EID: 0030005666     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90283-4     Document Type: Article

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