Blood as medicine: social meanings of blood and the success of Ebola trials.
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Right © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.; NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in THE LANCET. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in THE LANCET, 385, 9966, (2015) NAOSITE: Nagasaki University's Academic Output SITE
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Lancet
دوره 385 9966 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015