Current issues in the use of colposcopy for examination of sexual assault victims

Sexual Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-10

  Templeton, David J ^a,b,c,d   Williams, Angela ^e,f  

^a Macquarie Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b Sexual Health Service   (Australia)

^c Liverpool and Fairfield Sexual Assault Service   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Rape

Indexed keywords

ANUS INJURY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COLPOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COLPOSCOPY; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RAPE;

EID: 33144473262     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH05028     Document Type: Review

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