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Measuring COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among college students with disabilities: Sociodemographic and psychological correlates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

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Pages 1208-1214 | Received 07 Jun 2021, Accepted 25 Apr 2022, Published online: 25 May 2022

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