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Power and Socioscientific Issues: The Pedagogy of Mire’s Critique of Skin Whitening Cosmeceuticals

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  1. Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3010 STN CSC, V8W 3N4, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Blades, D. Power and Socioscientific Issues: The Pedagogy of Mire’s Critique of Skin Whitening Cosmeceuticals. Can J Sci Math Techn 12, 292–301 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1080/14926156.2012.709580

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