Contraception
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 105-110 , August 2007

Pregnancy among sex workers participating in a condom intervention trial highlights the need for dual protection

  • Paul J. Feldblum

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    • Family Health International, P.O. Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 919 544 7040; fax: +1 919 544 7261.
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  • Marlina D. Nasution

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    • Family Health International, P.O. Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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  • Theresa H. Hoke

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    • Family Health International, P.O. Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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  • Kathleen Van Damme

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    • UNC-Madagascar Enceinte INSPC, Ex-Ecole de Médecine, Befelatanana, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
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  • Abigail N. Turner

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    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Campus Box 7435, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435, USA
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  • Rebecca Gmach

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    • Family Health International, P.O. Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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  • Emelita L. Wong

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    • Family Health International, P.O. Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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  • Frieda Behets

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    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Campus Box 7435, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435, USA

Received 11 December 2006 ,Revised 27 March 2007 ,Accepted 22 April 2007.

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PII: S0010-7824(07)00196-5

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2007.04.009

Contraception
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 105-110 , August 2007

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