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What is disability after all?

SOMNATH CHATTERJI, Unit of Epidemiology, Classification and Assessment, Division of Mental Health and Prevention of Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia, Geneva 27, CH 1211, Switzerland
,
BEDIRHAN USTUN,
&
JEROME E. BICKENBACH
Pages 396-398 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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