Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and mental health needs of female child and adolescent survivors of rape and sexual assault attending a specialist clinic

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 138-141

  Kawsar, M ^a   Anfield, A ^b   Walters, E ^b   McCabe, S ^b   Forster, G E ^b  

^a BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RAPE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 1942457443     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2003.007252     Document Type: Review

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