Responsibility and provenance of human remains

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 36-38

  Tanassi, Lucia M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; CADAVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NOTE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRESERVATION; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CADAVER; EXHIBITS; HUMANS; PLASTIC EMBEDDING; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 34147205744     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160701220774     Document Type: Note

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