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Modeling Verbal Behavior Deficits with the Stimulus Control Ratio Equation, SCoRE

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Julia C Gage¹, Mark Schiffman², Hormuzd A Katki²

¹Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, MD (JCG, MS, HAK, NW); Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (PEC); Regional Laboratory, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Berkeley, CA (BF, NEP, TL); Information Management Services Inc., Calverton, MD (LCC); Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, CA (WKK). gagej@mail.nih.gov.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

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