Identification and characteristics of older homeless African American women

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-136

  Washington, Olivia G M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 15944420249     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840590901572     Document Type: Review

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