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Currently married women’s present experiences of male intimate partner physical violence in Bangladesh: An intercategorical intersectional approach

Laila RahmanDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Janice Du MontDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4851-1104View further author information
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Patricia O'CampoDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada;Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4549-7324View further author information
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Gillian EinsteinDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Canada;Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;Department of Gender Studies, Linköping University, Linköping, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0770-5471View further author information
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Pages 121-136 | Received 28 Sep 2018, Accepted 12 Jul 2019, Published online: 08 Aug 2019

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