The cost of Australian farm injuries

Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 290-300

  Low, J M ^a   Griffith, G R ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

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EID: 33748665243     PISSN: 00346616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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