The spectre of colour: A sociobiobogical paradigm

Science as Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 473-496

  Saunders, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 85007633984     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505439909526559     Document Type: Article

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