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. 1994 Mar;3(1):53–57. doi: 10.1136/qshc.3.1.53

Measuring handicap: motives, methods, and a model.

R H Harwood 1, S Jitapunkul 1, E Dickinson 1, S Ebrahim 1
PMCID: PMC1055183  PMID: 10171957

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