Collecting sexual assault history and forensic evidence from adult women in the emergency department: a retrospective study

Abstract Background The objective of this retrospective study was to examine the discrepancy between information derived from written medical reports and the results of forensic DNA analyses on swabs collected from the victims in 122 cases of alleged sexual assault treated at the Emergency Departmen...

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Main Authors: Pamela Tozzo, Elena Ponzano, Gloria Spigarolo, Patrizia Nespeca, Luciana Caenazzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3205-8