The relationship between two scales measuring aggressive behavior among continuing-care psychogeriatric inpatients

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 471-477

  Shah, Ajit ^a,b   De, Tamal ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; RATING SCALE; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 0031462197     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610297004614     Document Type: Article

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