At the intersection of invisibilities: Canadian women, homelessness and health outside the 'big city'

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 383-399

  Whitzman, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HOMELESSNESS; WOMENS STATUS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 33748286766     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690600808502     Document Type: Article

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