Losing the housing game: The leveling effects of substance abuse

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 618-631

  Devine, Joel A ^a   Wright, James D ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION; HOMELESSNESS; POVERTY; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030690447     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080259     Document Type: Article

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