Substance use and separation of homeless mothers from their children

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1373-1383

  Zlotnick, Cheryl ^a   Robertson, Marjorie J ^a   Tam, Tammy ^a  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Homelessness; Substance use; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CUSTODY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0141516472     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(02)00261-7     Document Type: Article

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