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Sex work and the law

Christine Harcourt A D , Sandra Egger B and Basil Donovan A C
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A Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney Hospital, PO Box 1614, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia.

B School of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.

C School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: harcourtc@sesahs.nsw.gov.au

Sexual Health 2(3) 121-128 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH04042
Submitted: 29 September 2004  Accepted: 3 June 2005   Published: 20 September 2005



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