Homelessness and health

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 177, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1065-1066

  Turnbull, Jeffrey ^a,b   Muckle, Wendy ^a   Masters, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Ottawa Inner City Health Initiative   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLISM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS C; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 35848954303     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.071294     Document Type: Note

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