Prevalence of Episodic Homelessness among Adult Childbearing Women in Philadelphia, Pa

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1895-1896

  Webb, David A ^a   Culhane, Jennifer ^b   Metraux, Stephan ^c   Robbins, Jessica M ^a   Culhane, Dennis ^c  

^a PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCUMENTATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; PHILADELPHIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0642336908     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.11.1895     Document Type: Article

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