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In-Text Citation: (Salleh et al., 2022)
To Cite this Article: Salleh, M. M., Ismail, S., Kalbi, S. N. A. M., Akbarruddin, M. N. A., & Hamid, Z. H. A. (2022). The Impact of Psychological Distress Among Kitchen Staff During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Klang Valley. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(11), 985– 995.
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