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1990 • 240 citations

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1986 • 148 citations

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1990 • 122 citations

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1990 • 110 citations

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1987 • 97 citations

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1990 • 96 citations

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1991 • 71 citations

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1988 • 39 citations

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1986 • 39 citations

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1988 • 36 citations

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