Vaginal practices as women's agency in Sub-Saharan Africa: A synthesis of meaning and motivation through meta-ethnography
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.032
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Sub-Saharan Africa; Gender; Sexuality; HIV/AIDS; Vaginal practices; Meta-ethnography; Review; Women;All these keywords.
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