Accuracy of Homeless Adults' Self-Reports

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-290

  Gelberg, Lillian ^a,b   Siecke, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CENTER; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOS ANGELES; MENTAL RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031093029     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199703000-00008     Document Type: Article

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