The clinical outcome of 137 rape victims in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 391-396

  Chu, L C ^a   Tung, W K ^a  

^a KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contraceptives, postcoital; Pregnancy, unwanted; Rape; Sexually transmitted diseases; Violence

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTIBUTEN; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; LEVONORGESTREL; METRONIDAZOLE; PROMETHAZINE; REAGINIC ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEPATITIS B; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOASSAY; NAUSEA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL HYGIENE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR; VIOLENCE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; RAPE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 27144454535     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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