Forensic medical examination of refugees who claim to have been tortured

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-130

  Leth, Peter Mygind ^a,c   Banner, Jytte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; DATA BASE; DENMARK; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GAIT DISORDER; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT RIGHT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROTECTION; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SCAR FORMATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TORTURE; UNITED NATIONS;

ADULT; ASIA, WESTERN; CICATRIX; DENMARK; ECCHYMOSIS; FOOT INJURIES; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; JOINTS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRISONERS; REFUGEES; SKIN; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TOOTH INJURIES; TORTURE; WALKING; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 19544379024     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000163822.22650.f1     Document Type: Article

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