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. 1998 Sep 1;75(3):535–549. doi: 10.1007/BF02427702

Household-related variables and reported illness in street vendors and their children in a South African city

William M Pick 1, Mary H Ross 1, Yasmin Dada 1
PMCID: PMC5587433  PMID: 9762648

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