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Illustrations of Monkeys
Note. From Edinburgh Journal of Natural History and of the Physical Sciences, with the Animal Kingdom of the Baron Cuvier (Vol. 2, p. 223), by W. MacGillivray, 1839, Biodiversity Heritage Library (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33665643#page/223/mode/1up). CC0.
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MacGillivray, W. (1839). Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences, with the animal kingdom of the Baron Cuvier (Vol. 2) [Illustration]. Biodiversity Heritage Library. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33665643#page/223/mode/1up
For more information on figures please see page 43 of the referencing guide.
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Primary Healthcare in an Average Lifespan
Note. From Primary Healthcare Infographic 2, by World Health Organization, 2022 (https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/primary-health-care-infographic-2). Copyright 2022 by World Health Organization.
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World Health Organization. (2022, February 3). Primary healthcare infographic 2 [Infographic]. https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/primary-health-care-infographic-2.
For more information on figures please see page 43 of the referencing guide.
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Guinean Anthropologist, David Niabalamou
Note. From How Learning to Talk the Talk is Saving Lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, by The World Health Organization, 2020 (https://www.afro.who.int/news/how-learning-talk-talk-saving-lives-democratic-republic-congo). Copyright 2020 by World Health Organization.
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World Health Organization. (2020). How learning to talk the talk is saving lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [Photograph]. https://www.afro.who.int/news/how-learning-talk-talk-saving-lives-democratic-republic-congo
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Illustration of Fumaria Capreolata
Note. From An Arrangement of British plants: According to the Latest Improvements of the Linnean System: With an Easy Introduction to the Study of Botany (Vol. 3, p. 249), 1830, by W. Withering, Biodiversity Heritage Library (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58200036#page/249/mode/1up). In the public domain.
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Withering, W. (1830). An arrangement of British plants: According to the latest improvements of the Linnean system: With an easy introduction to the study of botany (Vol. 3) [Illustration]. Biodiversity Heritage Library. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58200036#page/249/mode/1up
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Blossom Bee: Personal Photo by Wallace Price
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Maternal Wellbeing in Sudanese Communities
Note. From Mothers Give Birth Safely Amid South Sudan's Conflict, by USAID U.S. Agency for International Development, 2014, Flickr (https://flic.kr/p/oadtg5). CC BY-ND 2.0.
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USAID U.S. Agency for International Development. (2014, March 11). Mothers give birth safely amid South Sudan's conflict [Image]. Flickr. https://flic.kr/p/oadtg5
For more information on figures please see page 43 of the referencing guide.
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A Striped Cat Sits With Paws Crossed
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This is a Microscopic Photo of Onions Cells.
Note. From This is a Microscopic Photo of Onion Cells, by Kaibara87, 2012, Wikimedia (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Onion_Cells.jpg). In the public domain.
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Kiabara87. (2012). This is a microscopic photo of onion cells [Photograph]. Wikimedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Onion_Cells.jpg
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