Predictors of fear of crime in older adults

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 385-396

  Acierno, Ron ^a   Rheingold, Alyssa A ^a   Resnick, Heidi S ^a   Kilpatrick, Dean G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Fear; Older adults; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIOLENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 2342599807     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6185(03)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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