Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 93-112 , February 2002

Secular growth and its harmful ramifications

  • T.T. Samaras

      Affiliations

    • Reventropy Associates, San Diego, California, USA
    • ,
  • L.H. Storms

      Affiliations

    • University of California, USA

Received 9 April 2001 ,Accepted 9 July 2001.

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