Population-based study of police-reported sexual assault in Baltimore, Maryland

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-278

  Read, Kathleen M ^a   Kufera, Joseph A ^a   Jackson, M Christine ^a,b   Dischinger, Patricia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BALTIMORE; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX OFFENSES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 19544373649     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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