The myth of community as organism

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 426-438

  McIntosh, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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COMMUNITY; HISTORY; LITERATURE; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031815110     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.1998.0025     Document Type: Review

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