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Global E-Waste Management and Second-Hand Consumption in the Third World: Substandard Context and Tokunbo Phenomenon in Nigeria 全球电子废物管理与第三世界的二手消费:不合标准的环境与尼日利亚的Tokunbo现象

The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Pub Date : 2012-06-01 DOI: 10.36108/njsa/2102/01(0180)

A. O. Omobowale

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