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The authors consider the nonlinear difference equation $$x_{n+1}=\alpha x_n+x_{n-k}f\left(x_{n-k}\right),n=0,1,\cdots .1\text{where}\alpha \in (0,1),k\in \{0,1,\cdots \}\text{and}f\in C^1[[0,\infty ),[0,\infty )]\left(0\right)$$ with $f^{\text{'}}\left(x\right)<0$. They give sufficient conditions for the unique positive equilibrium of (0.1) to be a global attractor of all positive solutions. The results here are somewhat easier to apply than those of other authors. An application to a model of blood cell production is given.