Employing the body: The reproductive body and employment exclusion

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-267

  Thomson, Michael ^a  

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EID: 0030304119     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096466399600500206     Document Type: Review

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