Characteristics, risk behaviors and factors associated with abortion among female entertainment workers in Cambodia

Reproductive Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sopheab, Heng ^a   Tuot, Sovannary ^b   Chhea, Chhorvann ^a   Gorbach, Pamina ^c  

^a National Institute of Public Health   (Cambodia)

^b KHANA Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CONDOM USE; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; INDUCED ABORTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; SEX WORKER; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; CAMBODIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84941008904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-015-0075-y     Document Type: Article

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