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- ↑ "Hidden Marks Report". Hidden Marks. Archived from the original on 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
- ↑ "1 in 7". NUS.
- ↑ "What we do". Refuge. Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2016-03-27.