An exploratory study of the impact of news headlines on genetic determinism

Science Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 379-395

  Condit, C M ^a   Ferguson, A ^a   Kassel, R ^a   Thadhani, C ^a   Gooding, H C ^b   Parrott, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035595595     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547001022004002     Document Type: Article

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