Constructing Risk and Safety in Technological Practice - Edited by Summerton, J. and Berner, B.
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عنوان ژورنال: Sociology of Health & Illness
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0141-9889
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01059_3.x