Prevalence and associated factors of elder mistreatment in a rural community in people's republic of china: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wu, Li ^a   Chen, Hui ^a   Hu, Yang ^a   Xiang, Huiyun ^b   Yu, Xiang ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Cao, Zhongqiang ^a   Wang, Youjie ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WIDOW; WORK; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863383860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033857     Document Type: Article

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