Human embryonic stem cell research in Iran: The significance of the Islamic context

Islam and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Sunni and Shia Perspectives

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 194-217

  Saniei, Mansooreh ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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