The rise and demise of a collection of human fetuses at Mount Holyoke College

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 435-451

  Morgan, Lynn M ^a  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

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ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; EMBRYO; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746287490     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2006.0043     Document Type: Article

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