Barriers to health care for street youth

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 287-290

  Geber, Gayle M ^a,b  

^a Hennepin Co Comm Health Department   (United States)

^b Minneapolis Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Health services accessibility; Homeless youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNAWAY REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0030771577     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(97)00111-0     Document Type: Article

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