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- ISBN10 0470942738
- ISBN13 9780470942734
- Publish Date 8 July 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 384
- Language English