Dimensional explanations

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Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 742-775

  Lange, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 73949136196     PISSN: 00294624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0068.2009.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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