Forensic sexual assault examination and genital injury: is skin color a source of health disparity?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 857-866

  Sommers, Marilyn S ^a   Zink, Therese M ^b   Fargo, Jamison D ^c   Baker, Rachel B ^d   Buschur, Carol ^e   Shambley Ebron, Donna Z ^f   Fisher, Bonnie S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENITAL INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SKIN COLOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANAL CANAL; COITUS; COLPOSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PREVALENCE; RAPE; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 52949116108     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.11.025     Document Type: Article

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