Sexually transmitted diseases in sexually abused girls and adolescents

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 492-497

  Shapiro, Robert Allan ^a,b   Makoroff, Kathi Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Human papilloma virus; Sexual abuse; Sexually transmitted disease; Testing

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

CHLAMYDIA; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WART VIRUS;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33748250052     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000242950.09997.ca     Document Type: Review

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