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Switching between science and culture in transpecies transplantation

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Switching between science and culture in transpecies transplantation. / Brown, N; Michael, M.

In: Science, Technology and Human Values, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2001, p. 322.

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Brown, N & Michael, M 2001, 'Switching between science and culture in transpecies transplantation', Science, Technology and Human Values, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 322.

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Brown, N., & Michael, M. (2001). Switching between science and culture in transpecies transplantation. Science, Technology and Human Values, 26(1), 322.

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Brown N, Michael M. Switching between science and culture in transpecies transplantation. Science, Technology and Human Values. 2001;26(1):322.

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Brown, N ; Michael, M. / Switching between science and culture in transpecies transplantation. In: Science, Technology and Human Values. 2001 ; Vol. 26, No. 1. pp. 322.

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