Age, gender and violence: Abuse against older women

Geriatrics and Aging

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 60-63

  Hightower, Jill ^a  

^a Hightower and Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Elder abuse; Gender violence; Older women; Women

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL CARE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 1642444273     PISSN: 14888408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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