Childhood predictors of daily substance use among homeless women of different ethnicities

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn , Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-50

  Nyamathi, Adeline ^a   Longshore, Douglas ^a   Keenan, Colleen ^a   Lesser, Janna ^a   Leake, Barbara D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035535997     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00027640121957006     Document Type: Article

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