Infections in the homeless

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 77-84

  Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035468522     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(01)00062-7     Document Type: Review

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