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Authors: Scully, J. L.
Affiliations: University of Basel (CH)
Corresponding author: Scully, Jackie Leach
ORCID: Scully, Jackie Leach
Venue: The EMBO Reports
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2004-07-01
Volume: 5
Issue: 7
Pages: 650-653
ISSN: 1469-221X (ISSN-L)
1469-3178
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400195
PMC: PMC1299105
OpenAlex: W2079205800
Cited by: 195
References: 24
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 2
FWCI: 1.88
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
www.springer.com/tdm (vor)
Locations: EMBO Reports (publishedVersion)
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PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
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Topics: Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Medicine, History, and Philosophy
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
Keywords: disease definition, disability, illness beliefs
MeSH terms: Chronic Disease, Deafness, Decision Making, Disease, Disabled Persons, Persons with Disabilities, Health, Humans, Terminology as Topic, Social Responsibility, Clinical Medicine, Genetic Predisposition to Disease

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