Divorce: Obstacles and opportunities - South Asian women in Britain

Sociological Review

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-305

  Guru, Surinder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 65149104543     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01830.x     Document Type: Article

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