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Cautiousness in the small and in the large

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Cautiousness in the small and in the large. / Huang, James; Stapleton, Richard.
Lancaster: Lancaster University, 2012.

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Huang, J & Stapleton, R 2012 'Cautiousness in the small and in the large' Lancaster University, Lancaster.

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Huang, J., & Stapleton, R. (2012). Cautiousness in the small and in the large. Lancaster University.

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Huang J, Stapleton R. Cautiousness in the small and in the large. Lancaster: Lancaster University. 2012.

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Huang, James ; Stapleton, Richard. / Cautiousness in the small and in the large. Lancaster : Lancaster University, 2012.

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