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Original Article

¿Somos iguales? Using a structural violence framework to understand gender and health inequities from an intersectional perspective in the Peruvian Amazon

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Article: 1330458 | Received 29 Aug 2016, Accepted 10 May 2017, Published online: 22 Jun 2017

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