Health, health promotion, and homelessness

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7183, 1999, Pages 590-592

  Power, Robert ^a   French, Rebecca ^a   Connelly, James ^b   George, Steve ^c   Hawes, Derek ^d   Hinton, Teresa ^e   Klee, Hilary ^f   Robinson, David ^g   Senior, Jeanette ^h   Timms, Philip ^h   Warner, David ^h  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Nuffield Institute for Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Health Action for Homeless People   (United Kingdom)

^f MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0033608341     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7183.590     Document Type: Short Survey

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