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In-Text Citation: (Saharrudin, Samah, D’Silva, & Shaffril, 2018)
To Cite this Article: Saharrudin, N. F., Samah, A. A., D’Silva, J. L., & Shaffril, H. A. M. (2018). Assessing Small-Scale Youth Fishermen Adaptation Ability towards Climate Change. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(9), 870–879.
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