Revisiting the contact hypothesis: The case of public exposure to homelessness

American Sociological Review

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-63

  Lee, Barrett A ^a   Farrell, Chad R ^a   Link, Bruce G ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS;

EID: 1842739391     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240406900104     Document Type: Article

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