The diversity of everyday ideas about inherited disorders

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-275

  Santos, Silvana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 33744958802     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662506059258     Document Type: Article

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