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    Dudley L. Poston Jr. (Professor of Sociology and Holder of the George T. and Gladys H. Abell Endowed Professorship in Liberal Arts) & Amanda K. Baumle Ph.D. (Candidate in Sociology and Demography)

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    Michael Micklin (Chief of the Risk, Prevention, and Health Behavior Integrated Review Group)

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Poston, D.L., Baumle, A.K., Micklin, M. (2005). Epilogue: Needed Research in Demography. In: Poston, D.L., Micklin, M. (eds) Handbook of Population. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23106-4_30

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