Factors associated with sexual assault and time to presentation

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 593-595

  McCall Hosenfeld, Jennifer S ^a   Freund, Karen M ^b   Liebschutz, Jane M ^b,c  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Forensic medicine; Rape; Sexual assault; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL CRIME; SURVIVOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349253840     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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