Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 11, Issue 21 , Pages 88-95 , May 2003

The Need for Family Planning and Safe Abortion Services among Women Sex Workers Seeking STI Care in Cambodia

  • Thérèse Delvaux

      Affiliations

    • STD/HIV Research and Intervention Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
  • ,
  • François Crabbé

      Affiliations

    • STD/HIV Research and Intervention Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
    • National Center for HIV/AIDS Dermatology and STDs, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • ,
  • Sopheap Seng

      Affiliations

    • National Center for HIV/AIDS Dermatology and STDs, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • ,
  • Marie Laga

      Affiliations

    • STD/HIV Research and Intervention Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(03)02163-3

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 11, Issue 21 , Pages 88-95 , May 2003