Children's caring roles and responsibilities within the family in Africa

Geography Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1477-1496

  Evans, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISABILITY; FAMILY STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77957352490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00386.x     Document Type: Review

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