Prevalence and correlates of elder mistreatment in South Carolina: The South Carolina elder mistreatment study

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2947-2972

  Amstadter, Ananda B ^a   Zajac, Kristyn ^b   Strachan, Martha ^b   Hernandez, Melba A ^b   Kilpatrick, Dean G ^b   Acierno, Ron ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

correlates; elder mistreatment; prevalence; rural United States

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; CRIME VICTIMS; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 80052501209     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260510390959     Document Type: Article

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