Medical findings and legal outcomes in sexually abused children

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-109

  Hansen, Lene Aagaard ^a   Mikkelsen, Søren Johan ^a   Sabroe, Svend ^a   Charles, Annie Vesterby ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Clinical forensic medicine; Forensic epidemiology; Forensic science; Legal outcome; Medical findings; Video colposcope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COLPOSCOPY; DENMARK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYMEN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUNISHMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLPOSCOPY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYMEN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUNISHMENT; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 74249107200     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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