Occupational health, risk and science in India's global factories

South Asian History and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 224-238

  Cross, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

globalization; occupation; public health; risk; transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959278532     PISSN: 19472498     EISSN: 19472501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19472491003592912     Document Type: Article

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