Violence, HIV risk behaviour and depression among female sex workers of eastern Nepal.

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Published in BMJ Open on June 20, 2013

Authors

Reshu Agrawal Sagtani1, Sailesh Bhattarai, Baikuntha Raj Adhikari, Dharanidhar Baral, Deepak Kumar Yadav, Paras Kumar Pokharel

Author Affiliations

1: School of Public Health and Community Medicine, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.

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