Enumerating homeless people: Alternative strategies and their consequences

Evaluation Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 378-403

  Koegel, Paul ^a   Burnam, M Audrey ^a   Morton, Sally C ^a,b  

^a Drug Policy Research Center

^b RAND Statistics Group

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EID: 0001361659     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9602000402     Document Type: Article

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