Older abused and battered women: An invisible population

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 298-300

  Brandl, Bonnie ^a   Raymond, Jane ^b  

^a Wisconsin Coal Against Dom V   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Bureau on Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTERED WOMAN; CAREGIVER; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NEGLECT; SHORT SURVEY;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0029887406     PISSN: 00436542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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