Domestic violence against elderly women

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 42, Issue AUG., 1996, Pages 1485-1493

  Grunfeld, Anton E ^a   Larsson, Diane M ^b   Mackay, Kathleen ^a   Hotch, Deborah ^a  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Act II Family Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CRIME; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ELDER ABUSE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE; WOMEN;

EID: 0030210531     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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