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An Exploratory Analysis of Suspected Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault Seen in a Hospital Emergency Department

Dr. Margaret J. McGregir MD and CCFP and MHSc Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia; British Columbia Women's Sexual Assault Service
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Magdalena Lipowska BSc British Columbia Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health Summer Student Research Program
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Seema Shah MD and MSPH Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
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Janice Du Mont EdD Centre for Research in Women's Health of the Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto
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Christine De Siato MSc Centre for Research in Women's Health of the Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto
Pages 71-80 | Published online: 21 Oct 2008

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