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Volume 28, Issue 2
Of pipes, persons, and patients
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Of pipes, persons, and patients
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Online download statistics by month: December 2002 to March 2024
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Dec 2002
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Jan 2003
8
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Feb 2003
24
38
2
Mar 2003
33
32
1
Apr 2003
39
41
4
May 2003
29
33
4
Jun 2003
7
19
3
Jul 2003
19
76
0
Aug 2003
11
10
2
Sep 2003
10
13
0
Oct 2003
13
109
0
Nov 2003
22
5
0
Dec 2003
14
51
2
Jan 2004
13
349
1
Feb 2004
27
30
0
Mar 2004
11
7
1
Apr 2004
16
8
2
May 2004
14
4
2
Jun 2004
40
28
1
Jul 2004
31
33
7
Aug 2004
27
22
1
Sep 2004
25
19
0
Oct 2004
16
16
2
Nov 2004
18
20
3
Dec 2004
11
25
0
Jan 2005
13
17
3
Feb 2005
15
17
4
Mar 2005
18
28
2
Apr 2005
4
11
2
Jul 2005
2
6
1
Aug 2005
10
2
4
Sep 2005
8
10
2
Oct 2005
6
10
4
Nov 2005
12
14
1
Dec 2005
8
18
2
Jan 2006
3
11
3
Feb 2006
8
10
0
Mar 2006
6
9
4
Apr 2006
6
9
4
May 2006
5
3
1
Jun 2006
6
7
2
Jul 2006
2
2
0
Aug 2006
3
5
1
Sep 2006
4
33
8
Oct 2006
4
23
4
Nov 2006
7
21
6
Dec 2006
3
16
9
Jan 2007
1
20
6
Feb 2007
3
13
7
Mar 2007
2
7
3
Apr 2007
9
6
1
May 2007
6
2
1
Jun 2007
6
1
1
Jul 2007
5
9
2
Aug 2007
6
0
0
Sep 2007
12
3
5
Oct 2007
10
0
2
Nov 2007
9
2
4
Dec 2007
5
3
1
Jan 2008
4
0
1
Feb 2008
3
0
1
Mar 2008
7
1
0
Apr 2008
7
0
1
May 2008
4
1
1
Jun 2008
2
0
1
Jul 2008
4
1
1
Aug 2008
7
0
1
Sep 2008
15
3
0
Oct 2008
5
1
0
Nov 2008
6
1
2
Dec 2008
3
0
0
Jan 2009
5
0
1
Feb 2009
3
1
1
Mar 2009
4
0
0
Apr 2009
1
0
0
May 2009
5
1
0
Jun 2009
2
0
1
Jul 2009
1
1
1
Aug 2009
9
1
2
Sep 2009
3
0
0
Oct 2009
5
2
3
Nov 2009
3
1
1
Dec 2009
9
2
2
Jan 2010
1
0
0
Feb 2010
3
2
4
Mar 2010
6
1
1
Apr 2010
2
0
2
May 2010
4
0
0
Jun 2010
6
1
4
Jul 2010
7
1
5
Aug 2010
1
1
2
Sep 2010
2
1
0
Oct 2010
10
0
0
Nov 2010
9
0
1
Dec 2010
1
0
0
Jan 2011
8
2
1
Feb 2011
6
1
0
Mar 2011
6
1
0
Apr 2011
7
1
0
May 2011
3
0
1
Jun 2011
5
0
0
Jul 2011
10
0
1
Aug 2011
3
0
0
Sep 2011
5
0
0
Oct 2011
23
0
0
Nov 2011
28
6
2
Dec 2011
19
7
7
Jan 2012
8
5
6
Feb 2012
6
4
3
Mar 2012
11
1
3
Apr 2012
15
2
2
May 2012
18
3
5
Jun 2012
8
1
3
Jul 2012
4
7
6
Aug 2012
8
4
3
Sep 2012
17
4
4
Oct 2012
26
12
6
Nov 2012
34
18
8
Dec 2012
47
27
6
Jan 2013
59
31
5
Feb 2013
26
13
4
Mar 2013
67
24
12
Apr 2013
23
6
4
May 2013
26
13
6
Jun 2013
11
15
2
Jul 2013
9
34
0
Aug 2013
7
19
1
Sep 2013
11
38
0
Oct 2013
13
31
1
Nov 2013
32
45
3
Dec 2013
15
68
4
Jan 2014
3
43
5
Feb 2014
7
49
4
Mar 2014
12
45
1
Apr 2014
11
39
4
May 2014
22
52
1
Jun 2014
12
26
0
Jul 2014
8
183
0
Aug 2014
8
158
1
Sep 2014
10
46
2
Oct 2014
4
53
2
Nov 2014
10
18
1
Dec 2014
9
8
1
Jan 2015
10
33
3
Feb 2015
6
7
2
Mar 2015
10
15
0
Apr 2015
13
18
2
May 2015
8
32
1
Jun 2015
2
11
1
Jul 2015
4
13
1
Aug 2015
10
9
3
Sep 2015
17
12
6
Oct 2015
4
11
1
Nov 2015
4
7
1
Dec 2015
9
5
1
Jan 2016
9
6
1
Feb 2016
6
1
3
Mar 2016
3
3
6
Apr 2016
6
8
3
May 2016
4
2
0
Jun 2016
0
1
4
Jul 2016
0
0
1
Aug 2016
2
1
0
Sep 2016
13
1
3
Oct 2016
9
1
1
Nov 2016
12
3
1
Dec 2016
16
6
0
Jan 2017
11
3
1
Feb 2017
5
3
1
Mar 2017
4
13
0
Apr 2017
7
12
2
May 2017
5
14
0
Jun 2017
3
13
1
Jul 2017
12
7
0
Aug 2017
25
21
0
Sep 2017
31
21
0
Oct 2017
31
25
4
Nov 2017
44
26
4
Dec 2017
23
21
0
Jan 2018
8
6
0
Feb 2018
25
17
0
Mar 2018
30
27
2
Apr 2018
23
13
1
May 2018
52
36
1
Jun 2018
120
84
1
Jul 2018
56
46
2
Aug 2018
138
104
0
Sep 2018
88
74
1
Oct 2018
162
128
0
Nov 2018
161
147
1
Dec 2018
270
250
1
Jan 2019
234
220
4
Feb 2019
176
168
2
Mar 2019
94
75
10
Apr 2019
55
29
4
May 2019
23
17
15
Jun 2019
23
17
3
Jul 2019
49
30
5
Aug 2019
20
20
4
Sep 2019
21
19
4
Oct 2019
20
18
4
Nov 2019
13
11
4
Dec 2019
13
13
2
Jan 2020
20
12
2
Feb 2020
13
7
10
Mar 2020
17
11
3
Apr 2020
9
7
3
May 2020
22
13
4
Jun 2020
19
19
3
Jul 2020
13
13
1
Aug 2020
16
12
6
Sep 2020
28
25
3
Oct 2020
29
28
7
Nov 2020
25
23
6
Dec 2020
19
18
7
Jan 2021
21
17
5
Feb 2021
23
19
4
Mar 2021
32
29
6
Apr 2021
13
11
3
May 2021
8
8
5
Jun 2021
6
6
4
Jul 2021
6
6
5
Aug 2021
4
4
5
Sep 2021
11
11
3
Oct 2021
13
13
17
Nov 2021
11
10
22
Dec 2021
20
18
10
Jan 2022
19
16
5
Feb 2022
18
16
6
Mar 2022
17
15
7
Apr 2022
10
9
2
May 2022
24
24
20
Jun 2022
36
34
11
Jul 2022
18
17
1
Aug 2022
30
26
4
Sep 2022
21
18
11
Oct 2022
29
26
15
Nov 2022
14
13
3
Dec 2022
6
6
3
Jan 2023
4
4
3
Feb 2023
34
32
4
Mar 2023
3
3
1
Apr 2023
5
5
1
May 2023
5
4
5
Jun 2023
5
5
0
Jul 2023
14
14
8
Aug 2023
6
6
2
Sep 2023
10
10
1
Oct 2023
7
7
4
Nov 2023
13
7
3
Dec 2023
35
4
3
Jan 2024
21
0
0
Feb 2024
20
0
0
Mar 2024
185
2
0
Total
4887
5199
712
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