Assessing abuse among the elderly living in public housing

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-70

  Moody, Linda E ^a   Voss, Audrey ^b   Lengacher, Cecile A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELDER ABUSE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HOUSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034200220     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.8.1.61     Document Type: Article

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