Homelessness among problem drug users: Prevalence, risk factors and trigger events

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 319-328

  Kemp, Peter A ^a   Neale, Joanne ^b   Robertson, Michele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family support; Homelessness; Prevalence; Problem drug users; Risk factors; Trigger events

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33745244112     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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