Life experiences and vulnerabilities of homeless women: A comparison of women unaccompanied versus accompanied by minor children, and correlates with children's emotional distress

Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-231

  Page, Timothy ^a   Nooe, Roger M ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeless children; Homeless women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036095777     PISSN: 10530789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015741613230     Document Type: Article

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