DNA paternity tests: a comparative analysis of the US and Australia.
There are five times as many DNA paternity tests per capita in the US than Australia. This is not a consequence of 'technological lag', but a combination of political, cultural and economic factors. First, government agencies in the US enforce relatively more tests, at least partly because of legisl...
| Publicado en: | Health Sociology Review Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 84 - 96 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2006
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