Population forecasting: Epistemological considerations

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Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-108

  Romaniuk, Anatole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 78650866042     PISSN: 00166987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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