Tracing the path out of homelessness: The housing patterns of families after exiting shelter

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-208

  Stojanovic, Daniela ^b   Weitzman, Beth C ^a   Shinn, Marybeth ^b   Labay, Larissa E ^b   Williams, Nathaniel P ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033485003     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6629(199903)27:2<199::AID-JCOP7>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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