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Volume 20, 2018 - Issue 10: Risky Intimacies across the Lifespan
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Sexual intimacy and marital relationships in a low-income urban community in India

Stephen L. SchensulDepartment of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Marie A. BraultDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA; View further author information
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Priti PrabhughateInternational Center for Research on Women, Mumbai, IndiaView further author information
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Shweta BankarInternational Center for Research on Women, Mumbai, IndiaView further author information
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Toan HaDepartment of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA; View further author information
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Deborah FosterDepartment of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA; View further author information
Pages 1087-1101 | Received 08 Sep 2017, Accepted 17 Jun 2018, Published online: 17 Oct 2018

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