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Extra embryos: The ethics of cryopreservation in Ecuador and elsewhere

dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Elizabeth F. S.en_US
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dc.date.issued2007-02en_US
dc.identifier.citationROBERTS, ELIZABETH F. S. (2007). "Extra embryos: The ethics of cryopreservation in Ecuador and elsewhere." American Ethnologist 34(1): 181-199. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/73714>en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.rights2007 American Anthropological Association.en_US
dc.subject.otherBiotechnologyen_US
dc.subject.otherLifeen_US
dc.subject.otherEthicsen_US
dc.subject.otherKinshipen_US
dc.subject.otherPersonhooden_US
dc.subject.otherComparisonen_US
dc.subject.otherLatin Americaen_US
dc.subject.otherNorth Americaen_US
dc.titleExtra embryos: The ethics of cryopreservation in Ecuador and elsewhereen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelAnthropology and Archaeologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumInstitute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, 204 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 lfsrob@umich.eduen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1525/ae.2007.34.1.181en_US
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