Acute Sexual Assault and Evidence Collection in the DNA Era

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 194-201

  Leder, M Ranee ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute sexual assault; Forensic evidence collection; Sexually transmitted infection screening and prophylaxis, children, adolescent

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLPOSCOPY; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL WORK; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84866159072     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: 15582310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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