Triage and referrals for child sexual abuse medical examinations: Which children are likely to have positive medical findings?

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 515-518

  Kerns, David L ^a,b  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic findings; Child sexual abuse; Referral; Triage

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANUS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL;

EID: 0031781654     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(98)00018-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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