STI Prevention and Control for Women: A Reproductive Justice Approach to Understanding Global Women’s Experiences

Reproductive Justice: a Global Concern

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 117-144

  Stephens, Dionne P ^a   Patil, Vrushali ^a   Thomas, Tami L ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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