The situation of older homeless people

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 389-398

  Crane, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030476499     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0959259800002409     Document Type: Review

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