72: Hiv Prevalence among Female Sex Workers in Iran: a Systematic Review
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Roya Safari Faramani, Armita Shahesmaeili, Samira Hosseini Hooshyar, Razieh Khajehkazemi, Maryam Nasirian, Hamid Sharifi, Kianoosh Kamali. Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Center for Disease Control (CDC) of Iran, Ministry of Health and medical education, Tehran, Iran.
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