BREATHLESS MINERS: COAL MINING AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IN BRITAIN
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Creator: RICOS LEON, M. CARMEN 
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Description: Ponent: Profesor Arthur Mc Ivor (Director Scottish Oral History Centre School of Humanities. University of Strathclyde)
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BREATHLESS MINERS: COAL MINING AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IN BRITAIN
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