Effect of Physical Violence on Sexually Transmitted Infections and Treatment Seeking Behaviour among Female Sex Workers in Thane District, Maharashtra, India.

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Published in PLoS One on March 02, 2016

Authors

Ravi Prakash1, Suneedh Manthri1, Shaikh Tayyaba1, Anna Joy1, Sunil Saksena Raj1, Devender Singh1, Ashok Agarwal1

Author Affiliations

1: HIV/AIDS Partnership for Impact through Prevention, Private Sector and Evidence-based Programming (PIPPSE) Project, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India.

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