Reconceptualizing paid informal work and its implications for policy: Some lessons from a case study of Southampton

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 221-233

  Williams, Colin C ^a   Windebank, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 10944246188     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442879908423781     Document Type: Article

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