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Cohort Analysis’ Unholy Quest: A Discussion

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Fienberg, S.E. Cohort Analysis’ Unholy Quest: A Discussion. Demography 50, 1981–1984 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-013-0251-z

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