Report of the FIGO Working Group on Sexual Violence/HIV: Guidelines for the management of female survivors of sexual assault

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-92

  Jina, Ruxana ^a   Jewkes, Rachel ^b   Munjanja, Stephen P ^c   Mariscal, José David Ortiz ^d   Dartnall, Elizabeth ^b   Gebrehiwot, Yirgu ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d Capacitacion tecnologia derechos reproductivos aplicados servicios salud Asoc Civ (CATEDRA AC)   (Mexico)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; Forensic examination; Post exposure prophylaxis; Psychological counseling; Rape; Sexual violence

Indexed keywords

ATAZANAVIR; EMTRICITABINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RITONAVIR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; SAQUINAVIR; STAVUDINE; TENOFOVIR; TETANUS TOXOID; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COUNSELING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SURVIVOR; TETANUS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77950628435     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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