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'Population Laboratories' or 'Laboratory Populations'?: Making Sense of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, 1965-1987

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'Population Laboratories' or 'Laboratory Populations'? Making Sense of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, 1965-1987. / Moreira, Tiago; Palladino, Paolo.
In: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2011, p. 317-327.

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Moreira, T & Palladino, P 2011, ''Population Laboratories' or 'Laboratory Populations'? Making Sense of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, 1965-1987', Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 317-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2011.05.001

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Moreira, T., & Palladino, P. (2011). 'Population Laboratories' or 'Laboratory Populations'? Making Sense of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, 1965-1987. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 42(3), 317-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2011.05.001

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Moreira T, Palladino P. 'Population Laboratories' or 'Laboratory Populations'? Making Sense of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, 1965-1987. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 2011;42(3):317-327. Epub 2011 Jun 11. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2011.05.001

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Moreira, Tiago ; Palladino, Paolo. / 'Population Laboratories' or 'Laboratory Populations'? Making Sense of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, 1965-1987. In: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences. 2011 ; Vol. 42, No. 3. pp. 317-327.

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