Substance abuse and homelessness: Social selection or social adaptation?

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 437-445

  Johnson, Timothy P ^a   Freels, Sally A ^a   Parsons, Jennifer A ^a   Vangeest, Jonathan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INCOME; MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030966066     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb03375.x     Document Type: Article

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