Mortality among men using homeless shelters in Toronto, Ontario

JAMA

Volumn 283, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 2152-2157

  Hwang, Stephen W ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; HOMELESSNESS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0034716780     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.283.16.2152     Document Type: Article

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