Using Florida's Adult Protective Services data in research: Opportunities and challenges

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-22

  Reynolds, Sandra L ^a,b   Schonfeld, Lawrence ^b  

^a School of Aging Studies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elder abuse; Elder mistreatment; Financial exploitation; Management information systems data

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444364829     PISSN: 08946566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J084v16n01_01     Document Type: Article

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