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Defining ‘health’ and ‘disease’
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- Authors
- Ereshefsky, M.
- Venue
- Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-09
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 221-227
- ISSN
- 1369-8486 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1968926853
- Cited by
- 257
- References
- 27
- FWCI
- 3.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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