Homelessness, poverty, and risks to health: Beyond at risk categorizations of street children

Children's Geographies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-94

  Panter Brick, Catherine ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547675697     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1473328032000168787     Document Type: Article

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