UCLA Mobile clinic project

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 744-748

  Hastings, Joseph ^a,b   Zulman, Donna ^c   Wali, Soma ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine 2B 182 ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status; Homeless people; Medical education; Medical students; Mental disorders; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049150792     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2007.0097     Document Type: Article

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