Insight into elder abuse among urban poor of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - A middle-income developing country

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 180-182

  Sooryanarayana, Rajini ^a   Choo, Wan Yuen ^a   Hairi, Noran N ^a   Chinna, Karuthan ^a   Bulgiba, Awang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIVORCED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDER ABUSE; ETHNICITY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEGLECT; PILOT STUDY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84925248779     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13217     Document Type: Letter

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