Medical and forensic evaluation of the adolescent after sexual assault

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-46

  Bechtel, Kristen ^a,b   Carroll, Meta ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; COCAINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORGESTREL; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NELFINAVIR; OPIATE; SCOPOLAMINE; TETANUS TOXOID; ZIDOVUDINE; ZOLPIDEM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMOTIONALITY; FOLLOW UP; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; TETANUS; VICTIM;

EID: 0037531245     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1522-8401(03)80005-8     Document Type: Article

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