Gender Differences in Self-Reported Reasons for Homelessness

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 243-254

  Tessler, Richard ^a   Rosenheck, Robert ^b,c   Gamache, Gail ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Homelessness; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035600582     PISSN: 10530789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016688707698     Document Type: Article

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