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. 2020 Mar 1;98(3):219-221.
doi: 10.2471/BLT.19.231258. Epub 2020 Jan 28.

Informal work and maternal and child health: a blind spot in public health and research

Gautam Bhan  1 , Aditi Surie  1 , Christiane Horwood  2 , Richard Dobson  3 , Laura Alfers  4 , Anayda Portela  5 , Nigel Rollins  5
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Informal work and maternal and child health: a blind spot in public health and research

Gautam Bhan et al. Bull World Health Organ. .
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Competing demands on mothers working in the informal economy
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Research areas to support the livelihood, health and development of mothers working in the informal economy and their children
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