We have never been ELSI researchers – there is no need for a post-ELSI shift
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We have never been ELSI researchers – there is no need for a post-ELSI shift
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عنوان ژورنال: Life Sciences, Society and Policy
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2195-7819
DOI: 10.1186/s40504-014-0009-4