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Adult age, an investigation based on certain aspects of growth curves

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At the end of this paper it is a pleasure to render thanks to Prof. Dr. C. J.van der Klaauw whose discussions with me have greatly sharpened several definitions of concepts occurring in this paper.

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Van Der Vaart, H.R. Adult age, an investigation based on certain aspects of growth curves. Acta Biotheor 10, 139–212 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01556094

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