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Intimate relationships of Devadasi sex workers in South India: An exploration of risks of HIV/STI transmission

Satyanarayana RamanaikKarnataka Health Promotion Trust, Bangalore, India;Centre for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada;Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research, Dharwad, India
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Laura H. ThompsonCentre for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Elsabé du PlessisCentre for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Pertti PeltoDepartment of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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Vinod AnnigeriCentre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research, Dharwad, India
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Mahesh DoddamaneKarnataka Health Promotion Trust, Bangalore, India
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Parinita BhattacharjeeKarnataka Health Promotion Trust, Bangalore, India;Centre for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Souradet Y. ShawCentre for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Kathleen DeeringBritish Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Shamshad KhanDepartment of Communication, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Shiva S. HalliCentre for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Robert LorwayCentre for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1198-1210 | Received 26 Sep 2013, Accepted 25 Jun 2014, Published online: 27 Aug 2014

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Shamshad Khan, Sapna Nair, Anthony Huynh, Claudyne Chevrier, Raghavendra Thalinja, Ravi Prakash, Prakash Javalkar, Satyanarayana Ramanaik, Shajy Isac, Parinita Bhattacharjee & Robert Lorway. (2020) Media, nationalism, and the body: Exploring masculinities, male partner violence, and HIV vulnerability among female sex workers in northern Karnataka, India. Global Public Health 15:1, pages 64-82.
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