The mortality of elder mistreatment

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 428-432

  Lachs, Mark S ^a   Williams, Christianna S ^b   O'Brien, Shelley ^c   Pillemer, Karl A ^d   Charlson, Mary E ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Division of Health Services   (United States)

^d Cornell College of Human Ecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGLECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032486734     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.5.428     Document Type: Article

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