Screening clinics for the homeless: Evaluating outcomes

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-177

  Macnee, Carol L ^a   Hemphill, Jean C ^a   Letran, Jacqueline ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HEALTH CENTER; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NURSING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029811296     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327655jchn1303_4     Document Type: Article

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