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The unnaturalness of natural burials: dispossessing the dispossessed

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The unnaturalness of natural burials: dispossessing the dispossessed. / Balonier, Anna-Katharina; Parsons, Elizabeth; Patterson, Anthony.
In: Mortality, Vol. 24, No. 2, 03.04.2019, p. 212-230.

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Balonier, A-K, Parsons, E & Patterson, A 2019, 'The unnaturalness of natural burials: dispossessing the dispossessed', Mortality, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 212-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2019.1585786

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Balonier, A-K., Parsons, E., & Patterson, A. (2019). The unnaturalness of natural burials: dispossessing the dispossessed. Mortality, 24(2), 212-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2019.1585786

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Balonier A-K, Parsons E, Patterson A. The unnaturalness of natural burials: dispossessing the dispossessed. Mortality. 2019 Apr 3;24(2):212-230. Epub 2019 Mar 5. doi: 10.1080/13576275.2019.1585786

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Balonier, Anna-Katharina ; Parsons, Elizabeth ; Patterson, Anthony. / The unnaturalness of natural burials : dispossessing the dispossessed. In: Mortality. 2019 ; Vol. 24, No. 2. pp. 212-230.

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