Three year health outcomes among older women at risk of elder abuse: Women's Health Australia

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1043-1052

  Schofield, Margot J ^a   Mishra, Gita D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Med Res Cncl Hum Nutr Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elder abuse; Health outcomes; Longitudinal design; Older women; SF 36; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DEPRESSION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 3042718475     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000031343.15372.a5     Document Type: Article

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