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Original Articles

Young Victims Telling their Stories of Sexual Abuse in the Emergency Department

, PhD, RN, , EdD, MS, RN, FAAN, , SANE, RN, , PhD, RN, FAAN & , MD, FACEP, FAAFP, FAAEM
Pages 944-952 | Received 22 Sep 2014, Accepted 13 Jun 2015, Published online: 06 Jan 2016

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