Structural equation modeling and natural systems

Structural Equation Modeling and Natural Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-365

  Grace, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511617799     Document Type: Book

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