Sexually transmitted diseases in abused children and adolescent and adult victims of rape: Review of selected literature

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Beck Sagué, Consuelo M ^a,b   Solomon, Felicia ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WART VIRUS;

EID: 0033012965     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514726     Document Type: Article

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