Rape and sexual assault

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7604, 2007, Pages 1154-1158

  Welch, Jan ^a   Mason, Fiona ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CONTRACEPTION; DEPRESSION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; VIOLENCE; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

CONTRACEPTION; CRIME VICTIMS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RAPE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34250219225     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39211.403970.BE     Document Type: Review

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