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Policy and the pregnant body at work: strategies of secrecy, silence and supra-performance. / Gatrell, C J.
In: Gender, Work and Organisation, Vol. 18, No. 2, 03.2011, p. 158-181.

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Gatrell CJ. Policy and the pregnant body at work: strategies of secrecy, silence and supra-performance. Gender, Work and Organisation. 2011 Mar;18(2):158-181. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00485.x

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Gatrell, C J. / Policy and the pregnant body at work: strategies of secrecy, silence and supra-performance. In: Gender, Work and Organisation. 2011 ; Vol. 18, No. 2. pp. 158-181.

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