"Falling through the cracks": health care needs of the older homeless population and their implications

Research in the Sociology of Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue , 2008, Pages 187-204

  Watson, Dennis P ^a   George, Christine ^a   Walker, Christopher ^a  

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EID: 53349127238     PISSN: 02754959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-4959(08)26009-6     Document Type: Review

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