Egg dates sperm: A tale of a practice change and its stabilization

Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 595-614

  Gherardi, Silvia ^a   Perrotta, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

circuit of reproduction; institutional work; practice's stabilization; practice based studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052346031     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508410393057     Document Type: Article

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