A genetic future for coronary heart disease?

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-395

  Weiner, Kate ^a   Martin, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary work; Coronary heart disease; Disease construction; Genetic disease; Geneticisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 42549157025     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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