Special health risks of child labor

The World of Child Labor: An Historical and Regional Survey

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 127-130

  Fassa, Anaclaudia Gastal ^a   Wegman, David H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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