Health care needs of homeless adults at a nurse-managed clinic

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 225-234

  Savage, Christine L ^a,d   Lindsell, Christopher J ^b   Gillespie, Gordon L ^a   Dempsey, Anita ^a   Lee, Roberta J ^a   Corbin, Adele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE MANAGER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 33751506691     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327655jchn2304_3     Document Type: Article

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