The "fetus-infant": Changing classifications of in Utero development in medical texts

Sociological Forum

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 457-480

  Isaacson, Nicole ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Reproduction; Sociology of cognition; Time measurement frameworks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040748205     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02408388     Document Type: Article

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