Acute forensic medical procedures used following a sexual assault among treatment-seeking women

Women and Health

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 53-65

  Dunlap, Hester ^a,c   Brazeau, Paulette ^a   Stermac, Lana ^a   Addison, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INJURY SCALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RAPE; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATTERED WOMEN; CRIME VICTIMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RAPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 13844319850     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v40n02_04     Document Type: Article

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