Adolescent sexual assault: An update of the literature

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 383-388

  Danielson, Carla Kmett ^a   Holmes, Melisa M ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Rape; Sequelae of sexual assault; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELINQUENCY; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENITAL TRAUMA; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTIM; WITNESS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CRIME VICTIMS; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 16644373538     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-200410000-00005     Document Type: Review

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