Prevalence and correlates of elder mistreatment in a community-dwelling population of U.S. Chinese older adults

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1209-1224

  Dong, XinQi ^a   Chen, Ruijia ^a   Fulmer, Terry ^b   Simon, Melissa A ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese older adults; elder mistreatment; population based study; prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINA; CHINESE OLDER ADULTS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDER ABUSE; ELDER MISTREATMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION-BASED STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINESE OLDER ADULTS; ELDER MISTREATMENT; POPULATION-BASED STUDY; PREVALENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907519474     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264314531617     Document Type: Article

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