10 Year follow up study of mortality among users of hostels for homeless people in Copenhagen

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7406, 2003, Pages 81-83

  Nordentoft, Merete ^a   Wandall Holm, Nina ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DENMARK; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HALFWAY HOUSE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STANDARDIZATION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0038235947     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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