The old Eugenics and the new genetics compared

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 581-593

  Ekberg, Merryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

New genetics; Old eugenics; Social history of medical genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249023624     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkm075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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