The child rape epidemic: Assessing the incidence at Red Cross Hospital, Cape Town, and establishing the need for a new national protocol

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 10 I, 2007, Pages 950-955

  Cox, Sharon ^a   Andrade, G ^b   Lungelow, D ^b   Schloetelburg, W ^c   Rode, H ^a  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 35649012011     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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