Restructuring of a Textile Manufacturing Company and Workers’ Health
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عنوان ژورنال: NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1048-2911,1541-3772
DOI: 10.1177/1048291118755755