Mining Migrant Worker Recruitment Policy and the Production of a Silicosis Epidemic in Late 20th-Century Southern Africa
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4059 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Submitted on: Jan 19, 2023
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