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- 1 2 3 Frostad, 2012, pp. 100
- 1 2 3 4 5 Frostad, 2012, p. 81
- 1 2 3 Frostad, 2012, p. 82
- 1 2 Frostad, 2012, p. 169
- 1 2 3 4 Frostad, 2012, p. 85
- 1 2 3 Frostad, 2012, p. 170
- 1 2 3 Frostad, 2012, p. 86
- 1 2 Frostad, 2012, p. 171
- 1 2 3 Frostad, 2012, p. 172
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Frostad, 2012, pp. 62, 88, 102, 282
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- ↑ Frostad, 2012, p. 117
- ↑ Frostad, 2012, p. 118
- 1 2 Frostad, 2012, p. 119
- ↑ Frostad, 2012, p. 121
- ↑ Frostad, 2012, p. 123
- 1 2 3 4 Frostad, 2012, p. 87
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