Women's experience of the workers compensation system

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 285-311

  Calvey, Jo ^b   Jansz, Janis ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 33746474045     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2005.tb00972.x     Document Type: Article

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