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Volume 20, 2018 - Issue 10: Risky Intimacies across the Lifespan
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Mediating risk through young women’s marital arrangements and intimate relationships in low-income communities in urban India

Marie A. BraultDepartment of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Stephen L. SchensulDepartment of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USAView further author information
Pages 1055-1070 | Received 09 Sep 2017, Accepted 17 Jun 2018, Published online: 17 Oct 2018

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