The effects of age and ethnicity on physical injury from rape

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-207

  Sommers, Marilyn S ^a   Zink, Therese ^b   Baker, Rachel B ^a   Fargo, Jamison D ^c   Porter, Jeannette ^d   Weybright, David ^e   Schafer, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Mercy Hospital Anderson   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic examination; Injury; Post menopausal women; Rape

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33744493675     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2006.00026.x     Document Type: Article

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