Elder Abuse: Risk Factors and Use of Case Data to Improve Policy and Practice

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 95-122

  Dunlop, Burton D ^a   Rothman, Max B ^a   Condon, Katherine M ^a   Hebert, Kellye S ^a   Martinez, Iveris L ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elder abuse; Intervention; Intrafamily violence; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034558884     PISSN: 08946566     EISSN: 15404129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J084v12n03_05     Document Type: Article

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