'Period problems' at the coalface

Feminist Review

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-121

  Lahiri Dutt, Kuntala ^a   Robinson, Kathryn ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender equity and gender difference; Indonesia; Menstruation leave; Mining; Women's work

Indexed keywords

EID: 45149095039     PISSN: 01417789     EISSN: 14664380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/fr.2008.5     Document Type: Review

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