Overrepresentation of Women Veterans among Homeless Women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1132-1136

  Gamache, Gail ^a   Rosenheck, Robert ^b,c   Tessler, Richard ^a,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NE Program Evaluation Center ^*  (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WOMEN;

EID: 0042744753     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.7.1132     Document Type: Article

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