Child marriage or forced marriage? South asian communities in north east england

Children and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 418-429

  Gangoli, Geetanjali ^a   McCarry, Melanie ^a   Razak, Amina ^b  

^a Centre for Exercise Nutrition and Health Sciences School for Policy Studies   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70349502248     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2008.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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