Working children: The health and safety issue

Children and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-47

  McKechnie, Jim ^a   Hobbs, Sandy ^a   Lindsay, Sandra ^a   Lynch, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84937259856     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1998.tb00043.x     Document Type: Article

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