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- ISBN13 9789401048033
- Publish Date 22 January 2013 (first published 30 November 1992)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Springer
- Edition Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
- Format Paperback
- Pages 219
- Language English