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World Health Organization. Climate change [Internet]. 2023 [cited 2026 Oct 15]. Available from: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health
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Lee H. To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott; 1960.
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Watson JD, Crick FHC. Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid. Nature. 1953;171:737-8.
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Wilford JN. Men Walk on Moon. The New York Times. 1969;1.
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