American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 190, Issue 6 , Pages 1739-1743 , June 2004

Factors impacting injury documentation after sexual assault: role of examiner experience and gender

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☆ Presented at the Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, September 16-21, 2003, Anchorage, Alaska.Reprints are not available from the authors.

PII: S0002-9378(04)00211-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.02.048

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 190, Issue 6 , Pages 1739-1743 , June 2004

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