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Ramesh
S. Patil1, Sajjan C.G.2 and Nagaraja Rao C3
1Lecturer/
Statistician, Department of Community Medicine, Navodaya Medical
College, Raichur � 584101
2Lecturer,
Veershaiva College, Bellary -583104
3Professor,
Department of Statistics, Vijaya College, Bangalore-560004
Received 20 Sept
2011; Revised 24 Sept 2011;Accepted 28 Sept 2011
Academic Editor:
Dr. Jadhav V.A.
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