Risk factors for death in homeless adults in Boston

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1454-1460

  Hwang, Stephen W ^a   Lebow, Joan M ^b   Bierer, Michael F ^b   O'Connell, James J ^b   Orav, E John ^c   Brennan, Troyen A ^d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Boston Hlth Care the Homeless Prog ^*

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEATH; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032527640     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.13.1454     Document Type: Article

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