Prevalence of lifetime abortion and methods of contraception among female sex workers in Bogota, Colombia

Contraception

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-213

  Bautista, Christian T ^a   Mejía, Alfredo ^b   Leal, Luis ^c   Ayala, Claudia ^c   Sanchez, Jose L ^d   Montano, Silvia M ^a  

^a Peru   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^c Liga Colombiana de Lucha contra el Sida   (Colombia)

^d Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Colombia; Contraception; FSW; Risk factor; Sex work

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LIFESPAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; COLOMBIA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 39149143981     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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