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Immigrant labor and the issue of "dirty work" in advanced industrial societies

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Briggs, V.M. Immigrant labor and the issue of "dirty work" in advanced industrial societies. Popul Environ 14, 503–514 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01276570

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