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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Corrected display issue.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 20, 2023
	Add new Web site: Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange - Activities of Daily Living.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Nov 24, 2016
	Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Activities of Daily Living.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 07, 2014
	New article added.	Kara Rogers Trudy R. Mallinson	Sep 23, 2013