To house or not to house: The effects of providing housing to homeless substance abusers in treatment

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1259-1265

  Milby, Jesse B ^a   Schumacher, Joseph E ^a   Wallace, Dennis ^b   Freedman, Michelle J ^a   Vuchinich, Rudy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Rho Federal Systems Division Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALABAMA; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOUSING;

EID: 21144449261     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.039743     Document Type: Article

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