Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety, and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States [1 ed.] 9780309517591, 9780309064132

In Massachusetts, a 12-year-old girl delivering newspapers is killed when a car strikes her bicycle. In Los Angeles, a 1

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Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety, and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States [1 ed.]
9780309517591, 9780309064132

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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Committee on the Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor

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