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Striving to Make a Difference: Health Care Worker Experiences With Intimate Partner Violence Clients in Tanzania

Rose M. Laisser Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), IAHS, ADM School, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Helen I. Lugina East, Central and Southern African Health Community, Arusha, Tanzania; Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), School of Nursing, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Gunilla Lindmark Maternal and Child Health (IMCH), Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Lennarth Nystrom Umeå International School of Public Health, Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine & Umeå Centre of Gender Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Maria Emmelin Umeå International School of Public Health, Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine & Umeå Centre of Gender Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Pages 64-78 | Received 25 Jan 2008, Accepted 14 Jul 2008, Published online: 29 Dec 2008

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