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Personalizing Medicine: Futures Present and Past. / Tutton, Richard.
In: Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 75, No. 10, 11.2012, p. 1721-1728.

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Tutton, R 2012, 'Personalizing Medicine: Futures Present and Past', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 75, no. 10, pp. 1721-1728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.07.031

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Tutton R. Personalizing Medicine: Futures Present and Past. Social Science and Medicine. 2012 Nov;75(10):1721-1728. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.07.031

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Tutton, Richard. / Personalizing Medicine: Futures Present and Past. In: Social Science and Medicine. 2012 ; Vol. 75, No. 10. pp. 1721-1728.

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