Child waste pickers in India: The occupation and its health risks

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-114

  Hunt, Caroline ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; WASTE PICKERS;

INDIA, KARNATAKA, BANGALORE;

EID: 0030389684     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095624789600800209     Document Type: Article

References (16)

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