Dangerous trade-offs: The behavioral ecology of child labor and prostitution in rural Northern Thailand

Current Anthropology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 411-431

  Taylor, Lisa Rende ^a  

^a Asia Foundation   (Thailand)

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EID: 33746618262     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430079     Document Type: Article

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