Sexually transmitted organisms in children and child sexual abuse

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 501-511

  Robinson, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Sexual abuse; Sexually transmitted diseases; Vulvovaginitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PODOPHYLLIN; PROBENECID; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDYLOMA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINITIS; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0031686219     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462981922737     Document Type: Review

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