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Will Malnutrition and Diseases Limit Human Numbers?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

David Pimentel
Affiliation:
Cornell University, USA
Marcia Pimentel
Affiliation:
Cornell University, USA
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Symposium: Humanity and Self-Destruction
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Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

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