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The ‘borderzone zone’ controversy a study of theory structure in biomedicine

✍ Scribed by Reidar Krummradt Lie


Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1986
Tongue
English
Weight
999 KB
Volume
7
Category
Article
ISSN
1573-1200

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