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Finally, a paper documenting the delay.

Klementyna Breyer·S Eliza Halcomb·Nicole C Bouchard·Robert S Hoffman·Paul Dohrenwend·Mary Ann Howland
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Klementyna Breyer, S Eliza Halcomb, Nicole C Bouchard, Robert S Hoffman, Paul Dohrenwend, Mary Ann Howland. 2005. Finally, a paper documenting the delay.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2005.02.047

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