The polls - Trends: Genetic testing, engineering, and therapy: Awareness and attitudes

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 633-664

  Singer, Eleanor ^a   Corning, Amy ^a   Lamias, Mark ^a  

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EID: 0032275559     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/297864     Document Type: Article

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