Violence against the elderly a comparative analysis of robbery and assault across age and gender groups

Research on Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-198

  Bachman, Ronet ^a   Dillaway, Heather ^b   Lachs, Mark S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEFT; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031935386     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027598202002     Document Type: Article

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