LLabour and the Production of Affliction in Rural Southern Africa

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 175-196

  O'Laughlin, Bridget ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Class; Gender; Labour; Rural health; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CLASS; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABOR MARKET; MALARIA; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; TUBERCULOSIS;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84870992958     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2012.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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