Domestic Elder Abuse and the Law

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2131-2136

  Jogerst, Gerald J ^a,b,e   Daly, Jeanette M ^a,b   Brinig, Margaret F ^a,c   Dawson, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Schmuch, Gretchen A ^a,b   Ingram, Jerry G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Department of Family Medicine ^*

^c College of Law ^*

^d School of Social Work

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LAW; UNITED STATES; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLASSIFICATION; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS;

AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; CRIMINAL LAW; DATA COLLECTION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ELDER ABUSE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SOCIAL WORK; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642276786     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.12.2131     Document Type: Article

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