Politicized Science

Society

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 439-446

  Redding, Richard E ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Correct science; Gay parenting; Politically; Politics and Science; Scientific groupthink

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883446983     PISSN: 01472011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12115-013-9686-5     Document Type: Article

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