Vulnerability risk index profile for elder abuse in a community-dwelling population

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-15

  Dong, Xinqi ^a   Simon, Melissa A ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

elder abuse index; population based study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABILITY ELDER ABUSE INDEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHICAGO; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84892706110     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12621     Document Type: Article

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