Shaping the life of the pre-natal: Labor laws, liability, and lead poisoning of women in industry in Twentieth-Century United States

Social Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-75

  Hepler, Allison L ^a  

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EID: 0033437386     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/6.1.54     Document Type: Article

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