A study of sandstone miner: notes from the field
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
This field note has been drawn from PhD field work conducted from May to September 2014 in Karauli district of Rajasthan, India. Rational behind selecting Karauli was that it is a district of Rajasthan and Rajasthan has huge deposits of sandstone exposed over to nearly 35,000 km. It covers districts of Dholpur, Bharatpur, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur, Tonk, Bundi, Jhalawar, Kota, Bhilwara, Jodhpur, Nagaur, Churu, Bikaner, and Chittorgarh
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Absar Ahmad
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- DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/ijmsph.2015.1611201486
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