Epigenetics for the social sciences: Justice, embodiment, and inheritance in the postgenomic age

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 125-151

  Meloni, Maurizio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Natural social inequalities; Public health implications

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; JUSTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 84929245902     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: 14699915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636778.2015.1034850     Document Type: Article

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