Understanding the Human Genome Project: A biographical approach

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-376

  Zwart, Hub ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human Genome Project; Micro epistemology; Science autobiographies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; EPISTEMOLOGY; ETHICS; GENOMICS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 57149084255     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: 14699915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636770802485434     Document Type: Article

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