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CEDPA. Ending Female Genital Cutting: A Positive Deviance Approach in Egypt. Cairo: CEDPA, 1999. This article is available as a PDF file.
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DeGroat, Bernie. Understanding the Impact of Positive Deviance in Work Organizations: Positive deviance may help scholars understand and promote positive behaviors in the workplace. University of Michigan Business School Newsroom 4/7/2004. This article is available on the Michigan Business School web site.
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Ha PB, Bentley ME, Pachon H, Sripaipan T, Caulfield LE, Marsh DR and Schroeder DG. Caregiver styles of feeding and child acceptance of food in rural Viet Nam. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 23(4):92-98, 2002. This article is available as a PDF file.
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