Contraception
Volume 77, Issue 6 , Pages 426-430 , June 2008

Comprehensive medical care for victims of sexual assault: a survey of Illinois hospital emergency departments

  • Ashlesha Patel

      Affiliations

    • Division of Family Planning, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, John H. Stroger, Jr., Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 312 864 5935; fax: +1 312 864 9269.
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  • Hemang Panchal

      Affiliations

    • Division of Family Planning, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, John H. Stroger, Jr., Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    • ,
  • Zdzislaw H. Piotrowski

      Affiliations

    • West Suburban Medical Center, Oak Park, IL 60302, USA
    • ,
  • Daksha Patel

      Affiliations

    • Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

Received 6 December 2007 ,Revised 29 January 2008 ,Accepted 30 January 2008.

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PII: S0010-7824(08)00085-1

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.01.018

Contraception
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