Gendered experiences: Marriage and the stigma of leprosy

Asia Pacific Disability Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 55-72

  Try, Leonie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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