The rise and rise of clean, white-collar (fire-fighting) work

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 409-414

  Childs, Merilyn ^a   Morris, Michael ^a   Ingham, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Disasters; Fire services; Labour

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844515233     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09653560410568534     Document Type: Article

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