Older victims of sexual assault: an underrecognized population

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 688.e1-688.e7

  Eckert, Linda O ^a   Sugar, Naomi F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

mature; menopause; sexual assault; violence against women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL INJURY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL CRIME; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM;

EID: 44449094030     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

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