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Playing the numbers game

Nature volume 410, pages 631–632 (2001)Cite this article

How the cost of a can of Coke could help solve the world's population crisis.

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Myers, N. Playing the numbers game. Nature 410, 631–632 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35070625

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