Medical classification and the experience of genetic haemochromatosis

New Genetics, New Identities

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 120-138

  Bharadwaj, Aditya ^a   Atkinson, Paul ^b   Clarke, Angus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84911145580     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203962923     Document Type: Chapter

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