Association between time homeless and perceived health status among the homeless in San Francisco

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 271-282

  White, Mary Castle ^a   Tulsky, Jacqueline Peterson ^b   Dawson, Carol ^a   Zolopa, Andrew R ^c   Moss, Andrew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030740688     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025152403545     Document Type: Article

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