Men's talk about "women's matters" - Gender, communication, and contraception in urban mozambique

Gender and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 194-215

  Agadjanian, Victor ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23044533194     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243202016002004     Document Type: Review

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