Pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner care: Trace forensic evidence, ano-genital injury, and judicial outcomes

Journal of Forensic Nursing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 105-111

  Hornor, Gail ^a   Thackeray, Jonathan ^a   Scribano, Philip ^a   Curran, Sherry ^a   Benzinger, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anogenital injury; Forensic nursing; Pediatric sexual abuse nursing care; Trace forensic evidence

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC NURSING; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA; SPERM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYLASES; ANAL CANAL; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC NURSING; GENITALIA; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA; SEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865573390     PISSN: 15563693     EISSN: 19393938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-3938.2011.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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