Child labour: A public health issue

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 778-781

  Gulzar, Saleema Aziz ^a   Vertejee, Samina ^b   Pirani, Laila ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Aga Khan University   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD LABOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 70350435488     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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