A roof is not enough: Unstable housing, vulnerability to HIV infection and the plight of the SRO

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-117

  Evans, Liz ^a   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^b  

^a Portland Hotel Society   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Homelessness; Housing; Injection drug use

Indexed keywords

DRUG DEPENDENCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33644884688     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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