Comparative analysis of adult versus adolescent sexual assault: Epidemiology and patterns of anogenital injury

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 872-877

  Jones, Jeffrey S ^a   Rossman, Linda ^b   Wynn, Barbara N ^b   Dunnuck, Chris ^b   Schwartz, Natalie ^b  

^a SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anogenital; Epidemiology; Injury; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOGENITAL INJURY; ANUS INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLPOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYMEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEXUAL CRIME; URBAN AREA; WEAPON;

EID: 0042921446     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.10.8.872     Document Type: Article

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