Dirt, Disgust, and Disease: Is Hygiene in Our Genes?

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Curtis, Valerie, and Adam Biran. “Dirt, Disgust, and Disease: Is Hygiene in Our Genes?”. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, vol. 44, no. 1, 2001, pp. 17-31, https://doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2001.0001.
Curtis, V., & Biran, A. (2001). Dirt, Disgust, and Disease: Is Hygiene in Our Genes?. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 44(1), 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2001.0001
Curtis, Valerie, and Adam Biran. “Dirt, Disgust, and Disease: Is Hygiene in Our Genes?”. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 44, no. 1 (2001): 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2001.0001.
Curtis V, Biran A. Dirt, Disgust, and Disease: Is Hygiene in Our Genes?. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 2001;44(1):17-31.
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