Media coverage of cloning: A study of media content, production and reception

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-130

  Holliman, Richard ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042730153     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662504043862     Document Type: Article

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