Health disparities in the forensic sexual assault examination related to skin color

Journal of Forensic Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 191-200

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic nursing; Forensics; Health disparities; Injury; Skin color

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COLORIMETRY; COLPOSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FORENSIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RAPE; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANAL CANAL; COLORIMETRY; COLORING AGENTS; COLPOSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC NURSING; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RAPE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 70450206907     PISSN: 15563693     EISSN: 19393938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-3938.2009.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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