Childhood Burn Injury: A Matter for Hind Swaraj?

Social Change

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-38

  van Niekerk, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Burns; Hind Swaraj; poverty; social inequalily

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044979368     PISSN: 00490857     EISSN: 09763538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004908570904000104     Document Type: Article

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