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“You can't do nothing in this damn place”: Sex and intimacy among couples with an incarcerated male partner

Megan Comfort University of California, San Francisco; Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), 74 New Montgomery St. Suite 600, San Francisco, CA, 94105 E-mail: [email protected].
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Olga Grinstead University of California, San Francisco
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Kathleen McCartney University of California, San Francisco
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Philippe Bourgois University of California, San Francisco
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Kelly Knight University of California, San Francisco
Pages 3-12 | Published online: 11 Jan 2010

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