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Additional Content Options

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Usage Reports

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Post-termination Access Rights

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Subscription Period

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Pricing

US$31.50 per article or chapter for most Elsevier content. Select titles are priced between US$19.95 and US$39.95 (subject to change). Pricing for third-party journals is set by the publisher. These types of content are always free: Advertisements, Announcements, Calendars, Contents Lists, Editorial Board Listings, Front Matter of all Book Types, Publisher's Notes, Errata, Duplicates, Retractions, Removals, Personal Reports.

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