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Research Paper

Cultural models of child disability: perspectives of parents in Malaysia

Jennifer MarshallDepartment of Community & Family Health, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Elizabeth DooneDepartment of Special Education, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA;
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Mindy PriceDepartment of Health Communication, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Pages 2653-2662 | Received 21 Aug 2017, Accepted 06 May 2018, Published online: 20 May 2018

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