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They arrested me for loving a schoolgirl

Ethnography, HIV, and a feminist assessment of the age of consent law as a gender-based structural intervention in Uganda

Bibliographic Data

ID4601650
AuthorsShanti Parikh (Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author), Shanti A Parikh
Year2012
Volume74
Issue11
Pages1774-1782
Publication date2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science & Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.037
PMID21824700
PMCIDPMC3265666
OpenAlexW1986788807
LanguageEN
Citations received31
References cited25

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Unique citing works31
Citations per year2,21
Citation span2012 - 2026 (15)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 31
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