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‘Soon there will be no-one left to take the corpses to the morgue’

Accumulation and abjection in Ghana's mining communities

Bibliographic Data

ID23320177
AuthorsR Bush (0000-0003-2829-551X, University of Leeds, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume34
Issue1-2
Pages57-63
Publication date2009-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueResources Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0301-4207 • E-ISSN: 1873-7641
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.resourpol.2008.02.002
OpenAlexW2074256160
LanguageEN
Citations received60
References cited15

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Unique citing works60
Citations per year3,53
Citation span2009 - 2026 (18)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 56

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