Immediate and delayed treatment seeking among adult sexual assault victims

Women and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-64

  Millar, Golden ^a   Stermac, Lana ^a   Addison, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sexual assault; Treatment; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OFFENDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIOLOGY; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME VICTIMS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RAPE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036203590     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v35n01_04     Document Type: Article

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