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A note on the distribution of family sizes in the adult population of Great Britain, 1972

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

E. H. Hare
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London

Abstract

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Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1974, Cambridge University Press

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