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Statistical Computing

Statistical Microcomputing—Like it is

Gerard E. Dallal U.S.D.A. Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02111, USA; School of Nutrition, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 02155, USA
Pages 212-216 | Received 01 Apr 1987, Published online: 27 Feb 2012

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