Health and housing among low-income adults with physical disabilities

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 902-915

  Ho, Pei Shu ^a   Kroll, Thilo ^b   Kehn, Matthew ^c   Anderson, Penny ^d   Pearson, Katherine M ^e  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Mondloch II Family Shelter   (United States)

^e Independent Living for the Handicapped Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Accessibility; Barriers; Homeless; Housing; Low income; Nursing home; Physical disability; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049132398     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2007.0098     Document Type: Article

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