Tales of an island-laboratory: Defining the field in geography and science studies

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 224-237

  Greenhough, Beth ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fieldwork; Genetic epidemiology; Iceland; Island laboratory; Science studies

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 33748457676     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2006.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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