Forensic medical examination of adolescent and adult victims of sexual violence

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-102

  Ingemann Hansen, Ole ^a   Charles, Annie Vesterby ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

forensic examination; rape; sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BODY REGIONS; CONSENSUS; CUSTODY; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; FINGER NAIL; FOLLOW UP; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SKILL; TOE; VICTIM;

EID: 84873055739     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: 15321932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2012.08.014     Document Type: Review

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