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Towards an Adequate Account of Genetic Disease

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  1. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

    Harold Kincaid

  2. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

    Jennifer McKitrick

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Smith, K.C. (2007). Towards an Adequate Account of Genetic Disease. In: Kincaid, H., McKitrick, J. (eds) Establishing Medical Reality. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 90. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5216-2_7

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