Being old and doing time: Functional impairment and adverse experiences of geriatric female prisoners

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 702-707

  Williams, Brie A ^a,b,d   Lindquist, Karla ^a   Sudore, Rebecca L ^a,b   Strupp, Heidi M ^c   Willmott, Donna J ^c   Walter, Louise C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Legal Services for Children   (United States)

^d Box 181 G ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Geriatrics; Prisoners; Women

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALL RISK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33645524889     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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