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‘If I buy the Kellogg's then he should [buy] the milk’: young women's perspectives on relationship dynamics, gender power and HIV risk in Johannesburg, South Africa

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Pages 477-490 | Received 17 May 2011, Accepted 14 Feb 2012, Published online: 26 Mar 2012

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