Forensic Examination of Adolescent Female Genitalia: The Foley Catheter Technique

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 102-103

  Starling, Suzanne P ^a   Jenny, Carole ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0030639714     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1997.02170380106020     Document Type: Letter

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