Forensic evidence findings in prepubertal victims of sexual assault

Pediatrics

Volumn 106, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 100-104

  Christian, Cindy W ^a,b,c   Lavelle, Jane M ^a,b,c   De Jong, Allan R ^c   Loiselle, John ^c   Brenner, Lewis ^d   Joffe, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d Criminalistics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Forensic evidence; Semen; Sexual abuse; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME;

EID: 0033917684     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.106.1.100     Document Type: Article

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