Emergency department use among the homeless and marginally housed: Results from a community-based study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 778-784

  Kushel, Margot B ^a   Perry, Sharon ^a   Bangsberg, David ^a   Clark, Richard ^a   Moss, Andrew R ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0036236650     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.5.778     Document Type: Article

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