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PEDIATRICS Vol. 103 No. 1 January 1999, pp. 186-191

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS :
Guidelines for the Evaluation of Sexual Abuse of Children: Subject Review

This statement serves to update guidelines for the evaluation of child sexual abuse first published in 1991. The role of the physician is outlined with respect to obtaining a history, physical examination, and appropriate laboratory data and in determining the need to report sexual abuse.

The following policy statement is a revision:

The Evaluation of Sexual Abuse in Children

Nancy Kellogg and the Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect
Pediatrics 2005 116: 506-512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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