The Health of Homeless Children Revisited

Advances in Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 173-187

  Grant, Roy ^a   Shapiro, Alan ^b,c   Joseph, Sharon ^b,e   Goldsmith, Sandra ^c   Rigual Lynch, Lourdes ^b,c   Redlener, Irwin ^a,d  

^a Children's Health Fund   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e New York Children's Health Project   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HOUSING; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547841333     PISSN: 00653101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yapd.2007.03.010     Document Type: Review

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