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1971 • 387 citations

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1982 • 295 citations

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1981 • 262 citations

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1979 • 251 citations

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1982 • 247 citations

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1979 • 244 citations

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1979 • 208 citations

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1982 • 194 citations

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1953 • 133 citations

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1971 • 123 citations

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1981 • 88 citations

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1979 • 85 citations

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1981 • 85 citations

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1972 • 57 citations

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1972 • 44 citations

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1976 • 37 citations

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1978 • 7 citations

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1975 • 1 citations

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