The use of mobile phones among migrant workers in Southern China

New Technologies in Global Societies

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 245-258

  Law, Pui Lam ^a   Peng, Yinni ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

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EID: 84968754596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812773555_0011     Document Type: Chapter

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