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Special Issue: Gender and health

‘Expanding your mind’: the process of constructing gender-equitable masculinities in young Nicaraguan men participating in reproductive health or gender training programs

VirgilioMariano Salazar TorresCenter for Demography and Health Research, Nicaraguan National Autonomous University, León, NicaraguaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Isabel GoicoleaUmeå Center for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;Umeå Center for Gender Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Kerstin EdinUmeå Center for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;Umeå Center for Gender Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Ann ÖhmanUmeå Center for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;Umeå Center for Gender Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Article: 17262 | Received 25 Jan 2012, Accepted 05 Jul 2012, Published online: 02 Aug 2012

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