Health care utilization and unhealthy behaviors among victims of sexual assault in connecticut: Results from a population-based sample

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 524-530

  Kapur, Nitin A ^a   Windish, Donna M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WATERBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behavior; Health care utilization; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; SMOKING HABIT; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONNECTICUT; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958717134     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1614-4     Document Type: Article

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