Immunitary bioeconomy: The economisation of life in the international cord blood market

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1115-1122

  Brown, Nik ^a   Machin, Laura ^a   McLeod, Danae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioeconomy; Cord blood banking; Ethnicity; Immunity; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF TRADE; BLOOD; CELL ORGANELLE; COMMERCIALIZATION; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; IMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD SAMPLING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; MARKETING; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; POLITICS; REGISTRIES; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 79953742935     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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