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Sexually transmissible infections among female sex workers: an international review with an emphasis on hard-to-access populations

Julie G. Cwikel A D , Tal Lazer B , Fernanda Press B C and Simcha Lazer B C
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A The Center for Women’s Health Studies and Promotion, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.

B Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.

C Women’s Health Center, Clalit Medical Services, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.

D Corresponding author. Email: jcwikel@bgu.ac.il

Sexual Health 5(1) 9-16 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH07024
Submitted: 18 April 2007  Accepted: 23 October 2007   Published: 22 February 2008



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