Agency and constraint: Sterilization and reproductive freedom among puerto rican women in New York City

Situated Lives: Gender and Culture in Everyday Life

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 157-171

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EID: 85071081372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203949061-16     Document Type: Chapter

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