Elder abuse in the community: Prevalence and consequences

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 885-888

  Comijs, Hannie C ^a,b   Pot, Anne Margriet ^b   Smit, Johannes H ^b   Bouter, Lex M ^a   Jonker, Cees ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; AGED; AGGRESSION; AGING; ARTICLE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLECT; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031816766     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02724.x     Document Type: Article

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