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Ma, N. N., Jaffar, A., Lugova, H., Samad, B. H. A., Salam, M. R. A., & Krishnapillai, A. (2024). Civil-Military Coordination for Health Response to Urban Disaster in Malaysia: Document Analysis. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 14(7), 362–384.
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