Extent of child labor in ancestral occupation: A reflection from washer-men community in Karachi

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-134

  Mansuri, Farah Asad ^a,b  

^a KARACHI MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Child neglect; Occupational abuse; Skin diseases

Indexed keywords

EID: 52549099728     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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