Effectiveness of outreach to homeless substance abusers

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-303

  Tommasello, Anthony C ^a   Myers, C Patrick ^a   Gillis, Laura ^b   Treherne, L Louise ^b   Plumhoff, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b Health Care for the Homeless   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Homeless; Outreach; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006049764     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7189(99)00019-1     Document Type: Article

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