The promised medicine: Fore reflections on the scientific investigation of kuru

Oceania

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 186-202

  Beasley, A N ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33748857703     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2006.tb03044.x     Document Type: Review

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