Child labour a reality: Results from a study of a squatter settlement of Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 507-510

  Tabassum, F ^a   Baig, L A ^a  

^a KARACHI MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD LABOR; EMPLOYMENT; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036875559     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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