Self-Reported Changes in Drug and Alcohol Use after Becoming Homeless

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 830-835

  O'Toole, Thomas P ^a,f   Gibbon, Jeanette L ^b   Hanusa, Barbara H ^c   Freyder, Paul J ^d   Conde, Alicia M ^e   Fine, Michael J ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Maricopa County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d Pittsburgh Salvation Army Pub I P   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; COMMUNITY CARE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 2342420642     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.5.830     Document Type: Review

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