A darwinian perspective: Right premises, questionable conclusion. A commentary on Niall Shanks and Rebecca Pyles' "Evolution and medicine: The long reach of "Dr. Darwin""

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Vineis, Paolo ^a   Melnick, Ronald ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEOPLASM; NOTE;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40649116964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17475341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-5341-3-6     Document Type: Note

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