Elder abuse: Research, practice, and health policy. the 2012 GSA Maxwell pollack award lecture

Gerontologist

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 153-162

  Dong, Xinqi ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elder abuse; Epidemiology; Health policy; Maxwell Pollack lecture

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ELDER ABUSE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ELDER ABUSE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84898985453     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnt139     Document Type: Article

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