The public career of the 'gene' - Trends in public sentiments from 1946 to 2002

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-45

  Bauer, Martin W ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICINE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; FERMENTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

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EID: 34247525640     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: 14699915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636770701218043     Document Type: Article

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