Evolution of a classification scale: medical evaluation of suspected child sexual abuse

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-36

  Adams, Joyce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAL CANAL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANAL CANAL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035258740     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559501006001003     Document Type: Article

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