The prevalence of psychiatric disorders and use of care by homeless people in Paris

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 580-587

  Kovess, V ^a   Lazarus, C Mangin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0343340102     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050178     Document Type: Article

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