Health Issues of Homeless Youth

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-174

  Ensign, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Adolescence; Health status; Homeless; Street youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032343890     PISSN: 10530789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022931628497     Document Type: Article

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