Injury Patterns in Women Resulting from Sexual Assault

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 240-258

  Sommers, M S ^a   Schafer, J ^a   Zink, T ^a   Hutson, L ^b   Hillard, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

colposcopy; injury; rape; sexual assault

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997941891     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838001002003003     Document Type: Article

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