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Emerging infrastructures: the politics of radium and the validation of radiotherapy in India's first tertiary cancer hospital. 新兴基础设施:镭的政治和印度第一所三级肿瘤医院放射治疗的验证。

IF 1.6 4区医学

Biosocieties Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-03-05 DOI: 10.1057/s41292-020-00223-3

Robert D Smith

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Adjusting the analytical aperture: propositions for an integrated approach to the social study of reproductive technologies. 调整分析视角：关于生殖技术社会研究综合方法的建议。

IF 1.3 4区医学

Biosocieties Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-08-19 DOI: 10.1057/s41292-021-00240-w

Victoria Boydell, Katharine Dow

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The evolution, devolution and distribution of UK Biometric Imaginaries. 英国生物特征想象的进化、转移和分布。

IF 1.6 4区医学

Biosocieties Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-05-05 DOI: 10.1057/s41292-021-00231-x

Christopher James Lawless

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Primate nation: the (after)lives of iconic creatures in American space science 灵长类国家:美国太空科学中标志性生物的(后)生活

IF 1.6 4区医学

Biosocieties Pub Date : 2021-11-24 DOI: 10.1057/s41292-021-00243-7

L. Sharp