Sexual assault victims: Factors associated with follow-up care

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1653-1659

  Ackerman, D R ^a   Sugar, N F ^b   Fine, D N ^c   Eckert, L O ^a  

^a Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (India)

^b Pediat Radiol Phys Med H   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Emergency contraception; Follow up care; Posttraumatic stress; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMNESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL SYSTEM; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INJURY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL CRIME; URBAN AREA; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME VICTIMS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX OFFENSES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33646780878     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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