The South African clothing industry: problems experienced with body measurements
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences /Tydskrif vir Gesinsekologie en Verbruikerswetenskappe
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0378-5254,0378-5254
DOI: 10.4314/jfecs.v34i1.52904