Touched by homelessness: An examination of hospitality for the down and out

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 116-118

  Bolland, John M ^a   McCallum, Debra Moehle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HOME; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036460727     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.1.116     Document Type: Article

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