Who Uses Services for Homeless People? An Investigation Amongst People Sleeping Rough in London

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-75

  Fountain, Jane ^a   Howes, Samantha ^b   Marsden, John ^b   Strang, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Homelessness; Rough sleeping; Service exclusion; Service uptake; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037711968     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.654     Document Type: Article

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