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Original articles: Knowledge and experiences of risk in every-day decision-making

Rites of passage to adulthood: traditional initiation schools in the context of HIV/AIDS in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

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Pages 585-598 | Received 26 Jun 2007, Published online: 27 Nov 2008

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