Risk indicators of elder mistreatment in the community

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 67-76

  Comijs, Hannie C ^a   Smit, Johannes H ^b   Pot, Anne Margriet ^c   Bouter, Lex M ^a   Jonker, Cees ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Sociology and Social Gerontology ^*  (United States)

^c Nursing Home Medicine and Social Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 22444453155     PISSN: 08946566     EISSN: 15404129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J084v09n04_04     Document Type: Article

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