Medical assessment and legal outcome in child sexual abuse

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 388-392

  Palusci, Vincent J ^b   Cox, Edward O ^c   Cyrus, Tracy A ^c   Heartwell, Susan W ^c   Vandervort, Frank E ^a   Pott, Erika S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032901993     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.4.388     Document Type: Article

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