'But i've never been asked!' research with children in pakistan

Children's Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-419

  Jabeen, Tahira ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Pakistan; Qualitative; Quantitative; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959614602     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280903234477     Document Type: Article

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