Elderly adult survivors of family violence: Implications for clinical practice

Violence Against Woman

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 499-514

  Anetzberger, Georgia J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGED--WOMEN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHILD ABUSE; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; LONGTERM EFFECTS; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STUDIES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED--WOMEN; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CASE STUDIES; CHILD ABUSE; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; LONGTERM EFFECTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD ABUSE; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; TIME; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0031240135     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801297003005004     Document Type: Article

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