Hoarding: A community health problem

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 229-234

  Frost, Randy O ^a   Steketee, Gail ^b   Williams, Lauren ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal collecting; Hoarding; Housing; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034414114     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2000.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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