Homelessness in female-headed families: Childhood and adult risk and protective factors

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 241-248

  Bassuk, Ellen L ^a,b   Buckner, John C ^a,b   Weinreb, Linda F ^d   Browne, Angela ^a,c   Bassuk, Shari S ^a   Dawson, Ree ^e   Perloff, Jennifer N ^a  

^a Better Homes Fund   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c New York State Res Inst Addicts   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e New England Biomed Res Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTIM;

EID: 0030899904     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.2.241     Document Type: Article

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