The Definition of Molecular Biology and the Definition of Policy: The Role of the Rockefeller Foundation's Policy for Molecular Biology

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  1984

• Venue

  Social Studies of Science

• Publication date

  1984-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Political Science, History, Sociology

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  DOI 10.1177/030631284014002003PMID 11611462
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