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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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