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From waste product to blood, brains and narratives: developing a pluralist sociology of contributions to health research. / Boylan, Anne-Marie; Locock, Louise; Machin, Laura Louise.
In: Sociology of Health and Illness, Vol. 41, No. 3, 01.03.2019, p. 585-600.

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Boylan AM, Locock L, Machin LL. From waste product to blood, brains and narratives: developing a pluralist sociology of contributions to health research. Sociology of Health and Illness. 2019 Mar 1;41(3):585-600. Epub 2018 Mar 1. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.12715

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Boylan, Anne-Marie ; Locock, Louise ; Machin, Laura Louise. / From waste product to blood, brains and narratives : developing a pluralist sociology of contributions to health research. In: Sociology of Health and Illness. 2019 ; Vol. 41, No. 3. pp. 585-600.

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