Female victims of rape and their genital injuries

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 617-620

  Bowyer, Lucy ^a   Dalton, Maureen E ^a  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UROGENITAL TRACT INJURY; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030910430     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11543.x     Document Type: Article

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