The mental health of children in homeless families and their contact with health, education and social services

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 331-342

  Cumella, Stuart ^a   Grattan, Eleanor ^a   Vostanis, Panos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Domestic violence; Homeless; Policy; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039684477     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.1998.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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